Saint-Caprais (Gers)
Saint-Caprais Sent Cabrari |
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Gers | |
Arrondissement | Also | |
Canton | Also-2 | |
Community association | Coteaux Arrats Gimone | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 36 ' N , 0 ° 47' E | |
height | 155-237 m | |
surface | 7.89 km 2 | |
Residents | 139 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 32200 | |
INSEE code | 32467 | |
Website | http://saint-caprais32.blogspot.ch/ | |
Mairie Saint-Caprais |
Saint-Caprais ( Gascon Sent Cabrari ) is a French municipality with 139 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the arrondissement Auch and the municipality association Coteaux Arrats Gimone . Its inhabitants call themselves Saint-Capraisiens / Saint-Capraisiennes .
geography
Saint-Caprais is located around 17 kilometers east-southeast of the city. Also in the southeast of the Gers department. The community consists of the village of Saint-Caprais, several groups of houses and individual farmsteads. The Arrats forms the western and the Gimone the eastern municipal boundary . In terms of traffic, the community is a few kilometers south of the N124 .
history
In the Middle Ages, the place was within the county of Astarac, which was part of the province of Gascony. In 1947, Saint-Caprais split from the municipality of Juilles and belonged to the canton of Gimont from 1947 to 2015 . The community has been assigned to the arrondissement Auch since 1947.
Population development
year | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 158 | 145 | 119 | 104 | 106 | 101 | 102 | 112 | 139 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Caprais village church
- Saint Roch chapel
- Commemorative plaque for the fallen
- several wayside crosses and a statue of the Madonna
Web links
- Location of the place in France
- Saint-Caprais village church
- Brief information about the municipality (French)