Gers
Gers | |
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Prefecture building in Auch | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Gers in France | |
| Coordinates: 43°39′N 0°35′E / 43.650°N 0.583°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Prefecture | Auch |
| Subprefectures | Condom Mirande |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Philippe Dupouy (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,257 km2 (2,416 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 192,645 |
| • Rank | 90th |
| • Density | 30.79/km2 (79.74/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 32 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 461 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
The Gers (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁ(s)]; Occitan: Gers or Gerç, [dʒɛɾs]) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southwestern France. The Gers is bordered by the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the south, Haute-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne to the east, Lot-et-Garonne to the north and Landes to the west. Named after the Gers River, its inhabitants are called the Gersois and Gersoises in French. In 2023, it had a population of 192,645.