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Gers

The Gers (; or , ) 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.

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Gers is a department (administrative region) located in southwestern France that is named after the Gers River and is home to nearly 193,000 people as of 2023. It matters as one of France's local governmental divisions and represents a distinct region of Occitania with its own cultural identity and administrative functions.

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Settlement.leader_name: Philippe Dupouy
Settlement.name: Gers
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline: (Auch) Façade ouest de la préfecture du Gers.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building in Auch
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_Gers_Department_(vectorized).svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Gers.svg
Settlement.image_map: Gers-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Gers in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Occitanie
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Auch
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para

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Official name: Gers
Population: 192645
Area: 6257
Official website: www.gers.fr
Image: (Auch) Façade ouest de la préfecture du Gers.jpg

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Commons category: Gers (department)
inception: 1790-03-04
Commons gallery: Gers
annual number of weddings: 632
social media followers: 3663

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History
Culture
Politics
Departmental Council of Gers
Members of the National Assembly
Demography
Climate
Tourism
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==History== The Gers is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascony. In 1808 it lost Lavit on its north-eastern side to the newly created department of Tarn-et-Garonne.