Saint-Caprais (Gers)

Saint-Caprais ; Sent Cabrari
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Also
Canton	Also-2
Community association	Coteaux Arrats Gimone
Coordinates	43 ° 36 ' N , 0 ° 47' E 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

Saint-Caprais church
Saint Roch chapel

Web links

Commons : Saint-Caprais - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] Sights of the community

[2] Commemorative plaque for the fallen