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Code: 32
Region: Occitanie (Midi-Pyrénées until 2014)
Traditional province:
Guyenne and Gascony
Bordering departments: Haute-Garonne,
Landes,
Lot-et-Garonne,
Pyrénées-Atlantiques,
Hautes-Pyrénées,
Tarn-et-Garonne
Area: 6,257 km2
Population (2016): 190,664 inhabitants
Préfecture: Auch
Sous-préfectures: Condom, Mirande
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 17 cantons, 462 municipalities.
The department is named after river Gers (178 km),
a tributary yo the Garonne.
On 4 November 1808, the canton of Lavit was transferred from the department of Gers to the new department of Tarn-et-Garonne. On 5 February 1850, the municipality of Labastide-d'Armagnac was transferred from the department of Gers to the department of Landes.
Ivan Sache, 11 November 2009