Vic-Fezensac

Vic-Fezensac ; Vic en Fesensaguet
region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Also
Canton	Fezensac (main town)
Community association	Artagnan de Fezensac
Coordinates	43 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ E
height	102-231 m
surface	53.94 km 2
Residents	3,474 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	64 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	32190
INSEE code	32462
Website	http://www.ville-vicfezensac.fr/

Vic-Fezensac ( Gascon : Vic en Fesensaguet ) is a French municipality with 3,474 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Okzitanien ; it belongs to the arrondissement Auch and to the community association Communauté de communes d'Artagnan de Fezensac .

geography

Vic-Fezensac is about 26 kilometers northwest of the small town. Also in the center of the Gers department and belongs to the Armagnac brandy area . The municipality is located in the valley of the Osse River .

history

The municipality has been populated since the Iron Age. This is evidenced by the remains of an oppidum. There are also finds from the Gallo-Roman period. In the 11th century there was a settlement and a fortress (bastide). This municipality is ruled by the Counts of Fezensac. During the Huguenot Wars, the community changed rulers eight times over a period of twenty years (from 1569) (Huguenots or Catholics). Due to its numerous professions, the community is not directly affected by the phylloxera crisis that destroyed the vineyards in the rural communities in the area. But it still led to a crisis as the population decline in the area reduced the demand for goods and services. The result was the migration of many people to economically stronger areas between 1880 and 1920. Vic-Fezensac historically belongs to the Comté de (Vic-) Fezensac region within Gascony and was the administrative seat of this county for centuries. The place belonged from 1793 to 1801 to the District Auch. Also from 1793 to 1801 to the canton of Vic-sur-Losse (name of the municipality and the canton between 1793 and 1801). Its successor canton was the canton Vic-Fezensac from 1801 to 2015 . Vic-Fezensac was the capital of both cantons and has been the administrative seat (bureau centralisateur) of the new canton of Fezensac since 2015.

Population development

year	1793	1856	1866	1872	1881	1931	1946	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	3,272	4.191	4.111	3,957	4,195	2,610	3,032	3,441	3,966	4.111	3,978	3,683	3,614	3,592	3,622
Sources: Cassini and INSEE