Fourcès
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Condom | |
| Canton | Armagnac-Ténarèze | |
| Community association | Ténarèze | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 14 ′ E | |
| height | 64-180 m | |
| surface | 23.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 260 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32250 | |
| INSEE code | 32133 | |
| Website | fources.fr | |
 View of Fourcès from the Route d 'Heux |
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Fourcès is a municipality with 260 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in southwest France near Castelnau-d'Auzan . It belongs to the Département Gers and the Canton of Montréal and is located in the Occitanie region . The municipality belongs to the canton of Armagnac-Ténarèze (until 2015 canton of Montréal ).
Fourcès has been named one of the most beautiful villages in France by the association Les plus beaux villages de France .
geography
Fourcès is located in the Auzoue Valley , at an altitude between 64 and 180 meters above sea level. The municipality covers 23.72 km².
The Foundation Association des plus beaux villages points out that Fourcès is the only bastide in the Gers department that is not laid out like a chessboard, but rather concentrically.
history
Fourcès is already mentioned in a charter from 1068 as a fortified place and as one of the most important fiefs of Gascony . The medieval city was fiercely contested between France and England until the 15th century . Originally laid out as Castelnau ( castellum novum ) (equipped with a castle and surrounded by a circular wall), Fourcès was converted into a bastide in the 13th century.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| 404 | 468 | 372 | 356 | 324 | 277 | 296 | 260 |
Attractions
- Clock tower from the 13th century
- 15th century castle
- 15th century bridge
- Church Saint-Laurent from the Middle Ages , restored in the 19th century
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fourcès on Les plus Beaux Villages de France (French)
- ↑ Fourcés en Gascogne - Un castelnau devenu bastide ..? on fources.fr