Fourcès

Fourcès is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France known for its circular place.

Fourcès
Commune
The village of Fourcès
Coat of arms
Location of Fourcès
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Coordinates: 43°59′38″N 0°13′51″E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Armagnac-Ténarèze
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Bellot
Area ^1	23.72 km^2 (9.16 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	260
• Density	11/km^2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32133 /32250
Elevation	64–180 m (210–591 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

View of Fourcès

Geography

Fourcès lies near Castelnau-d'Auzan and Montréal.

The Auzoue flows north through the middle of the commune. The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the left bank of the Auzoue.

Fourcès and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	532	—
1968	468	−12.0%
1975	372	−20.5%
1982	356	−4.3%
1990	324	−9.0%
1999	277	−14.5%
2008	290	+4.7%

Sights

Fourcès is a typical medieval bastide, a little village where the houses are built in a circle to allow a proper defence.

The following are notable sights:

• The arena for the course Landaise for example in Castelnau-d'Auzan.
• Old Armagnac caves.
• The bastide of Bretagne-d'Armagnac.
• The Bastide Gasconne of Fourcès.
• The city of Montréal-du-Gers with a medieval bastide.
• The city of Eauze and its Roman treasure.
• The fortified village of Larressingle.
• The Gallo-Roman villa of Séviac, in Montréal-du-Gers.
• The Ganaderia de Buros.
• The museum of D'Artagnan in Lupiac.
• The Spa of Barbotan-les-Thermes in Cazaubon.

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• More statistical information concerning the commune on www.insee.fr