Gers
Gers | |
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_Façade_ouest_de_la_préfecture_du_Gers.jpg) Prefectur biggin o the Gers depairtment, in Auch | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
 Location o the Gers in Fraunce | |
| Coordinates: 43°39′N 0°35′E / 43.650°N 0.583°ECoordinates: 43°39′N 0°35′E / 43.650°N 0.583°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Prefecture | Auch |
| Subprefectures | Condom Mirande |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Jean-Pierre Pujol (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6257 km2 (2,416 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 172,335 |
| • Rank | 89t |
| • Density | 28/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department nummer | 32 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 463 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 | |
Gers (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁs] or [ʒɛʁ]; also Occitan: Gerç, [dʒɛɾs]) is a depairtment in the region o Occitanie, Soothwastren Fraunce, namit efter the Gers River.