Mérens (Gers)
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Also | |
| Canton | Gascony Auscitaine | |
| Community association | Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 45 ' N , 0 ° 32' E | |
| height | 126–244 m | |
| surface | 4.18 km 2 | |
| Residents | 64 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32360 | |
| INSEE code | 32251 | |
Mérens ( Gascon identical) is a French commune with a population of 64 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (before 2016 Midi-Pyrenees ). It belongs to the arrondissement Auch and the canton Gascogne-Auscitaine ( Jegun until 2015 ). Mérens is also a member of the Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne community association founded in 2001 .
location
Mérens is about seventy kilometers west-northwest of Toulouse . Mérens is surrounded by the neighboring communities Lavardens in the north and west, Roquefort in the northeast and Peyrusse-Massas in the south and east.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1831 | 1881 | 1911 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | |
| Residents | 127 | 151 | 99 | 80 | 73 | 56 | 49 | 43 | 44 | 40 | 51 | 63 | 64 | 62 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Antoine church, built in 1504
- Mérens castle or chateau, built in the 13th century, monument historique since 2003
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Web links
Commons : Mérens - collection of images, videos and audio files
