Caumont (Gers)

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Caumont
Caumont (France)
Caumont
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Mirande
Canton Adour-Gersoise
Community association Armagnac Adour
Coordinates 43 ° 42 '  N , 0 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 42 '  N , 0 ° 6'  E
height 98-193 m
surface 7.15 km 2
Residents 102 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 14 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32400
INSEE code 32093

Village church and town hall (Mairie)

Caumont ( Gaskognisch : same name) is a French commune with 102 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande .

geography

Caumont is located around 13 kilometers east of the small town of Aire-sur-l'Adour in the west of the Gers department. It belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine region . The most important bodies of water are the La Prune , Le Jarras and Pesqué streams , as well as numerous reservoirs and small ponds. The most important supra-regional transport connection is the A65 autoroute (part of Europastraße 7 ), a few kilometers west of the municipality . Saint-Germé is the nearest bus stop (bus route 940 Mont-de-Marsan - Aire-sur-l'Adour - Tarbes).

Caumont is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Griède in the north, Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac in the northeast, Maulichères in the east, Tarsac in the southeast and south, Saint-Germé in the southwest and Lelin-Lapujolle in the northwest.

history

The municipality is historically located within Gascony and belongs to the Bas-Armagnac region . From 1793 to 1801 Caumont was part of the Nogaro district, from 1793 to 1801 and from 1802 to 2015 it was part of the Riscle canton . From 1801 to 1802 it was assigned to the canton of Barcelonne.

Population development

year 1793 1800 1806 1846 1872 1881 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 202 204 245 248 205 202 144 128 98 108 102 103 122 118
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Sernin village church
  • two crosses at the village church

  • Mairie (Town Hall) of Caumont

  • cross

  • Sain-Sernin village church

Web links

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