Gavarret-sur-Aulouste

Gavarret-sur-Aulouste
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Fleurance-Lomagne
Community association	Communes de la Lomagne Gersoise
Coordinates	43 ° 46 ′  N , 0 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′  N , 0 ° 39 ′  E
height	94-201 m
surface	8.38 km 2
Residents	142 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32390
INSEE code	32142
Website	Gavarret-sur-Aulouste
Former school and mayor's office ( Mairie )

Gavarret-sur-Aulouste is a French commune with 142 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the canton of Fleurance-Lomagne (until 2015: canton of Fleurance ).

The inhabitants are called Gavarretois and Gavarretoises .

geography

Gavarret-sur-Aulouste is located about 31 kilometers southeast of Condom and about 15 kilometers north-northeast of Auch in the historic province of Armagnac .

Gavarret-sur-Aulouste is surrounded by the five neighboring municipalities:

	Lalanne
Montestruc-sur-Gers		Miramont-Latour
Sainte-Christie	Mirepoix

Waters

Gavarret-sur-Aulouste lies in the catchment area of the Garonne River .

The Gers , a left tributary of the Garonne, flows along a short section of the northern municipal boundary. The Aulouste forms the natural border with the neighboring municipalities of Montestruc-sur-Gers and Sainte-Christie, where it flows into the Gers. Gavarret-sur-Aulouste is also irrigated by the Ruisseau du Haou.

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of 430 at the beginning of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell with intermittent recovery phases until the 1990s to its lowest level of around 120 inhabitants, before a phase of moderate growth began, which continues to this day.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011	2017
Residents	133	132	125	132	121	129	133	132	142

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

• Parish church of Sainte-Magdeleine, a Romanesque building from the 11th century with a Gothic entrance portal
• A tower as a remnant of a former feudal lord's castle

• 

  Parish Church of Sainte-Magdeleine

• 

  Tower as a remnant of a former castle

Economy and Infrastructure

Bas Armagnac Château de Mauhic 1986		Floc de Gascogne blanc and rosé

Gavarret-sur-Aulouste is in the AOC zones

• des Armagnacs (Armagnac, Bas-Armagnac, Haut-Armagnac, Armagnac-Ténarèze and Blanche Armagnac) and
• of the liqueur wine Floc de Gascogne (blanc, rosé).

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
Total = 23

traffic

Gavarret-sur-Aulouste can be reached via the routes départementales 240, 241 and 251.

Web links

Commons : Gavarret-sur-Aulouste  - Collection of images

• Gavarret-sur-Aulouste on the Association of Municipalities website (French)
• Website of the Bureau National Interprofessionnel de l'Armagnac (French)
• Website of the Comité Interprofessionnel du Floc de Gascogne (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gers ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
2. ↑ Ma commune: Gavarret-sur-Aulouste ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
3. ↑ Notice Communale Gavarret-sur-Aulouste ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 24, 2019.
4. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune de Gavarret-sur-Aulouste (32142) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 24, 2019.
5. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved December 24, 2019.
6. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Gavarret-sur-Aulouste (32142) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 18, 2019.