Goux

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Goux
Gots
Goux (France)
Goux
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Mirande
Canton Adour-Gersoise
Community association Armagnac Adour
Coordinates 43 ° 37 ′  N , 0 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 37 ′  N , 0 ° 1 ′  E
height 122-226 m
surface 5.36 km 2
Residents 67 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32400
INSEE code 32151

Mairie (Town Hall) by Goux

Goux ( Gaskognisch : Gots) is a French commune with 67 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande .

geography

Goux is located around 21 kilometers southeast of the small town of Aire-sur-l'Adour in the west of the Gers department on the border with the Hautes-Pyrénées department . It belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine region . The main bodies of water are the Adour River and the Boscassé Stream . The most important supra-regional transport connection is the A65 autoroute (part of Europastraße 7 ), a few kilometers west of the municipality . The closest bus stops are in Cahuzac-sur-Adour and Castelnau-Rivière-Basse (bus route 940 Mont-de-Marsan - Aire-sur-l'Adour - Tarbes).

Goux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cahuzac-sur-Adour in the north, Tasque in the northeast, Galiax in the east, Préchac-sur-Adour in the southeast, Castelnau-Rivière-Basse (in the Hautes-Pyrénées department) in the south, Saint-Lanne (in the Hautes-Pyrénées) in the southwest and Cannet in the west.

history

Historically, the municipality lies within Gascony and belongs to the Rivière-Basse region . From 1793 to 1801 Cannet belonged to the district of Nogaro and the canton of Riscle . From 1801 to 2015 it was assigned to the Canton of Plaisance .

Population development

year 1793 1800 1821 1831 1841 1856 1861 1896 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 280 243 306 272 270 320 247 222 123 102 76 69 62 84 85 70
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Château de Gouts castle
  • Saint-Roch village church from the 14th century
  • several crosses and wayside crosses
  • old mill (14th century)

  • Château de Gouts castle

  • Saint-Roch village church

  • Memorial to the Fallen

  • Cross at the church

Web links

Commons : Goux (Gers)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files