Fustérouau
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Fustérouau Fustarroau |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Mirande | |
| Canton | Adour-Gersoise | |
| Community association | Armagnac Adour | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 103-196 m | |
| surface | 7.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 134 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32400 | |
| INSEE code | 32135 | |
 Mairie and Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church in Fustérouau |
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Fustérouau ( Gascon : Fustarroau ) is a French municipality with 134 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande .
geography
Fustérouau is around 47 kilometers (as the crow flies) west of the city. Also in the west of the Gers department and belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine-growing region and the Armagnac brandy region . Numerous bodies of water originate, lie in or cross the municipal area. Most important is the Midou River . There are also several ponds in the municipality. The community is a few kilometers away from important national transport connections. The closest bus stop is Cahuzac-sur-Adour on line 940 Tarbes - Mont-de-Marsan.
Fustérouau is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sorbets in the north, Bouzon-Gellenave in the northeast, east and southeast and Termes-d'Armagnac in the southwest and west.
history
The municipality is historically located within Gascony and belongs to the Bas-Armagnac region . From 1793 to 1801 Arparens and Fustérouau belonged to the Nogaro district. From 1793 to 1801 also to the canton of Plaisance, then to 2015 to the canton of Aignan . In 1822 the two municipalities of Arparens (1821: 184 inhabitants) and Fustérouau merged to form the new municipality of Fustérouau.
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1800 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1846 | 1876 | 1891 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 125 | 119 | 189 | 328 | 315 | 347 | 278 | 321 | 151 | 149 | 132 | 120 | 102 | 114 | 126 | 134 |
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Attractions
- Village church of Saint Jean Baptiste in Fustérouau, 11th and 12th centuries
- Village church of Saint-Michel in Arparens, 11th and 12th centuries
- a wayside cross near the two churches
