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Verlus Verlush |
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Mirande | |
| Canton | Adour-Gersoise | |
| Community association | Armagnac Adour | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 36 ' N , 0 ° 12' E | |
| height | 98-236 m | |
| surface | 6.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 105 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 32400 | |
| INSEE code | 32461 | |
 Saint Joseph Church |
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Verlus ( Gaskognisch : Verlush) is a French commune with 105 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gers department in the Occitanie region ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Mirande .
geography
Verlus is located around 12 kilometers southeast of the small town of Aire-sur-l'Adour in the west of the Gers department on the border with the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department . It belongs to the Côtes de Saint-Mont wine region . The main bodies of water are the Larcis and Lées rivers and some small ponds. The most important supra-regional transport connection is the A65 autoroute (part of Europastraße 7 ), a few kilometers west of the municipality . Saint-Agnet and Sarron are the closest bus stops (bus route 22 Mont-de-Marsan - Aire-sur-l'Adour - Pau).
Verlus is surrounded by the neighboring communities Aurensan and Viella in the northeast, Portet (in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department) in the southeast, Moncla (in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department) in the southwest and Projan in the west.
history
The place has been inhabited since Roman times at the latest. This is evidenced by the excavated remains of a Roman bath. The municipality is historically located within Gascony and belongs to the Bas-Armagnac region . From 1793 to 1801 Verlus belonged to the Nogaro district, from 1793 to 1802 to the canton of Barcelonne and from 1802 to 2015 to the canton of Riscle .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1846 | 1856 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 286 | 313 | 306 | 120 | 103 | 80 | 75 | 90 | 97 | 96 | 91 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Joseph village church from the 17th century
- 16th century castle
- a wayside cross
