Aurensan (Gers)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Mirande | |
| Canton | Adour-Gersoise | |
| Community association | Aire-sur-l'Adour | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 37 ' N , 0 ° 12' E | |
| height | 94-228 m | |
| surface | 6.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 134 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32400 | |
| INSEE code | 32017 | |
 Mairie (Town Hall) by Aurensan |
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Aurensan ( Gascon : same name) is a French commune with 134 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande and to the community association Communauté de communes d'Aire-sur-l'Adour .
geography
Aurensan is located around ten kilometers southeast of the small town of Aire-sur-l'Adour in the far west of the Gers department. It belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine region . The main bodies of water are the Larcis River, Claquessot Stream and several ponds. The most important supra-regional transport connection is the A65 autoroute (part of Europastraße 7 ), a few kilometers west of the municipality . The nearest train station is in Aire-sur-l'Adour.
Aurensan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Lannux in the north, Labarthète in the east, Viella in the southeast, in the south, Verlus in the southwest and Projan in the northwest.
history
Historically, the municipality belongs to Gascony . From 1793 to 1801 Aurensan belonged to the district of Nogaro and the canton of Barcelonne. In 1822 the former municipalities of Camicas (1821: 96 inhabitants) and Gellemale (1821: 75 inhabitants) were incorporated into the municipality of Aurensan.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1821 | 1831 | 1896 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 128 | 122 | 316 | 307 | 189 | 170 | 171 | 167 | 136 | 129 | 128 | 135 |
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Attractions
- Church Saint-Christophe from the 18th century
- Memorial to the Fallen
- Cross at the village church
Saint-Christophe village church
House in Aurensan
Memorial to the Fallen
Community hall
