Gorses
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Lot | |
| Arrondissement | Figeac | |
| Canton | Lacapelle-Marival | |
| Community association | Grand Figeac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 48 ' N , 2 ° 2' E | |
| height | 234-692 m | |
| surface | 35.6 km 2 | |
| Residents | 325 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 9 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 46210 | |
| INSEE code | 46125 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Gorses |
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Gorses is a French commune with 325 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Lot department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Figeac and the canton Lacapelle-Marival (until 2015: canton Latronquière ).
geography
Gorses is about 32 kilometers west-southwest of Aurillac and about 17 kilometers north-northwest of Figeac . Gorses is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Latouille in the north and northwest, Lacam-d'Ourcet in the north, Sénaillac-Latronquière in the north, Latronquière in the east, Lauresses in the east and southeast, Saint-Cirgues in the southeast, Montet-et-Bouxal in the south, Saint-Médard-Nicourby in the southwest, Terrou in the west and Ladirat in the northwest.
history
On May 11, 1944, the German 2nd SS Panzer Division committed a war crime against the local population in their search for resistance fighters of the Maquis.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 716 | 650 | 535 | 554 | 511 | 355 | 344 | 322 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church from the 19th century
