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| image_caption = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] building in [[Auch]]
| image_flag = Flag of GersFlag_of_the_Department_of_Gers.svgpng
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| image_shield = Blason département fr Gers.svg
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| subdivision_name = [[France]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of France|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitanie]]
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| leader_party = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| leader_title = [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President of the Departmental Council]]
| leader_name = Philippe Dupouy<ref name=pres>{{cite news|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/gers/auch/philippe-dupouy-succede-a-philippe-martin-a-la-tete-du-departement-du-gers-2433550.html|title=Philippe Dupouy succède à Philippe Martin à la tête du département du Gers|work=[[France 3]]|date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
| leader_name = [[Philippe Martin (politician)|Philippe Martin]]
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| population_total = 190664
| population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}}
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_rank = [[List of French departments by population|90th]]
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'''Gers''' ({{IPA-fr|ʒɛʁ(s)}}; {{lang-oc|Gers}} or {{lang|oc|Gerç}}, {{IPA-oc|dʒɛɾs|}}) is a [[departments of France|department]] in the [[Occitanieregions of France|region]] of [[RegionsOccitania (administrative region)|Occitania]], Southwestern [[France]]. Gers becoming the largest producer of [[foie gras]] in France|region, known for its rural scene and [[bastide]]s. Gers is bordered by the departments of Southwestern[[Hautes-Pyrénées]] and [[FrancePyrénées-Atlantiques]] to the south, [[Haute-Garonne]] and [[Tarn-et-Garonne]] to the east, [[Lot-et-Garonne]] to the north and [[Landes (department)|Landes]] to the west.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gers |volume=11 |page=904}}</ref> Named after the [[Gers (river)|Gers River]], its inhabitants are called the ''Gersois'' and ''Gersoises'' in [[French language|French]]. In 20162019, it had a population of 190191,664377.<ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep32.pdf Populations légales 2019: 32 Gers], INSEE</ref>
 
==History==
In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[Lordship of L'Isle-Jourdain]] was nearby.
 
Gers is one of the original 83 departments created during the [[French Revolution]] on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the [[provinces of France|former provinces]] of [[Guyenne]] and [[Gascony]]. It is surrounded by the departments of [[Hautes-Pyrénées]], [[Haute-Garonne]], [[Tarn-et-Garonne]], [[Lot-et-Garonne]], [[Landes (department)|Landes]] and [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]]. In 1808 it lost [[Lavit]] on its north-eastern side to the newly created department of [[Tarn-et-Garonne]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fv3esqgryW4C&pg=PA63-PA64|title=The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: Tai-Wan to Titlarks, Volume 24|publisher=Charles Knight and Co|year=1842|location=London|pages=63–64|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Culture==
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Also, some prominent cultivated crops are [[Maize|corn]], [[colza]], [[sunflowers]] and [[grain]].
 
The [[Gascon language]] is a dialect of [[Occitan language|Occitan]], but it is not widely spoken. The department is characterised by sleepy [[bastide]] villages and rolling hills with the Pyrenees visible to the south. [[Alexandre Dumas, père]] created the famous Gersois [[d'Artagnan]], the fourth [[musketeer]] of ''[[The Three Musketeers]]''. A museum to d'Artagnan is found in the Gersois village of [[Lupiac]].
 
A horse race at the [[Auteuil Hippodrome]] has been named after André Boingnères, a notable local race-horse owner and the successful Mayor of [[Termes-d'Armagnac]] between 1951 and 1976.
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==Politics==
===Departmental Council of Gers===
The President of the Departmental Council of Gers [[Philippeis Martin (politician)|Philippe Martin]]Dupouy of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] since 2022.<ref name=pres/> He succeeded [[Philippe Martin (politician)|Philippe Martin]], who had been in office since 2014. The assembly comprises 34 seats, allocated as follow since the [[2015 French departmental elections|2015 departmental elections]]:
 
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; border-bottom: 2px solid gray;"
!colspan=2| Party || Seats
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)/meta/color}}" |<span style="color:white; font-size:190%;">•</span>
|[[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] ||align="right"| 22
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color}}" |
|[[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] ||align="right"| 12
|}
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|-
!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref>http{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|En Marche!/meta/color}}" |
| [[Gers's 1st constituency]]
| [[Jean-René Cazeneuve]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Gers's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Gisèle Biémouret]]
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==Demography==
{{historical populations|cols=2|align=none|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splaf.free.fr/32his.html|title=Historique du Gers|website=Le SPLAF}}</ref><ref name=pop2016>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4176909?geo=DEP-32|title=Évolution et structure de la population en 2016|publisher=INSEE}}</ref>|graph-pos=bottom
{{historical populations|13=1801|14=257,609|15=1806|16=287,021|17=1821|18=301,336|19=1831|20=312,160|21=1841|22=311,447|23=1851|24=307,479|25=1861|26=298,931|27=1872|28=284,717|29=1881|30=281,532|31=1891|32=261,084|33=1901|34=238,448|35=1911|36=221,994|37=1921|38=194,406|39=1931|40=193,134|41=1936|42=192,451|43=1946|44=190,431|45=1954|46=185,111|47=1962|48=182,264|49=1968|50=181,577|51=1975|52=175,366|53=1982|54=174,154|55=1990|56=174,587|57=1999|58=172,335|59=2006|60=181,375|61=2011|62=188,893|63=2016|64=190,664|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://splaf.free.fr/ Site sur la Population et les Limites Administratives de la France]</ref>}}
Located in Southwestern France, Gers is often referred to as amongst the least densely populated (30.5 people/km<sup>2</sup> in 2016),<ref name=pop2016/> least urban, or most rural, areas in all of [[Western Europe]]. List of the 10 most importantpopulous citiescommunes of the department:<ref name=pop2019/>
 
{| class=wikitable
{| border="0" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:white"
! Commune
|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! # !! Municipality !! Population (20162019)
|-
|- align="right"
| 1 || align="left" | [[Auch]] || 21 911
| style="text-align: center;" | 22,173
|- align="right" bgcolor="#efefef"
|-
| 2 || align="left" | [[L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers|L'Isle-Jourdain]] || 8 012
|- align="right"
| style="text-align: center;" | 9,072
| 3 || align="left" | [[Condom, Gers|Condom]] || 7 003 ▼
|-
|- align="right"
▲| 3 || align="left" | [[Condom, Gers|Condom]] || 7 003
| 4 || align="left" | [[Fleurance]] || 6 280
| style="text-align: center;" | 6,493
|- align="right" bgcolor="#efefef"
|-
| 5 || align="left" | [[Lectoure]] || 3 730
| [[Fleurance]]
|- align="right" bgcolor="#efefef"
| style="text-align: center;" | 5,924
| 6 || align="left" | [[Eauze]] || 3 877
|-
|- align="right"
| [[Eauze]]
| 7 || align="left" | [[Mirande]] || 3 572
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,975
|- align="right"
|-
| 8 || align="left" | [[Vic-Fezensac]] || 3 563
| [[Lectoure]]
|- align="right" bgcolor="#efefef"
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,672
| 9 || align="left" | [[Gimont]] ||2 871
|-
|- align="right" bgcolor="#efefef"
| [[Vic-Fezensac]]
| 10 || align="left" | [[Pavie]] || 2 426
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,546
|- align="right"
|-
| [[Mirande]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,450
|-
| [[Gimont]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3,016
|-
| [[Pavie]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 2,501
|}
 
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* 2 400 paid employment related to tourism,
* the tourist represent an equivalent of 17.100 permanent inhabitants,
* their estimated expenditure is 141€141.000.000 €.
 
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==External links==
{{AmCyc Poster}}
* {{in lang|fr}} [httphttps://www.cg32gers.fr/ GeneralDepartmental Council website]
* {{in lang|fr}} [httphttps://www.gers.pref.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website]
* Welcome to the Gers in Gascony [http://www.tourisme-gers.com Tourisme Gers - Vos vacances en France dans le Gers, coeur du Sud Ouest et de l'Occitanie]
 
{{Departments of France}}
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