Aurensan, Gers
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The town hall in Aurensan | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Aurensan | |
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| Coordinates: 43°37′09″N 0°12′09″W / 43.6192°N 0.2025°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Mirande |
| Canton | Adour-Gersoise |
| Intercommunality | CC Aire-sur-l'Adour |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Roland Dupouts |
Area 1 | 6.33 km2 (2.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 131 |
| • Density | 20.7/km2 (53.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 32017 /32400 |
| Elevation | 94–228 m (308–748 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Aurensan is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Rivière-Basse region, a territory that stretches along the middle valley of the Adour, where the river makes a bend between Bigorre and Gers.
Exposed to a modified oceanic climate, it is drained by the Larcis River, the Claquessot stream, and two other waterways.
Aurensan is a rural commune with a population of 132 in 2022, having reached a peak of 337 inhabitants in 1851. It is part of the catchment area of Aire-sur-l'Adour. Its inhabitants are called Aurensannais or Aurensannaises.