Marsan

Marsan is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Marsan
The church and the war memorial.
Location of Marsan
Marsan
Marsan
Coordinates: 43°39′27″N 0°43′23″E
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentGers
ArrondissementAuch
CantonAuch-2
IntercommunalityArrats-Gimone
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Aymeri de Montesquiou (PR)
Area
1
14.93 km2 (5.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
471
  Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
32237 /32270
Elevation158–256 m (518–840 ft)
(avg. 196 m or 643 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Marsan and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962219    
1968301+37.4%
1975307+2.0%
1982330+7.5%
1990420+27.3%
1999430+2.4%
2008416−3.3%

There exists a Swedish vanilla sauce product called Marsán, the name inspired by a visit by the owner to Marsan, Gers in the 1920s.[2]

See also

References


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