Fourcès

Coordinates: 43°59′38″N 0°13′51″E / 43.9938°N 0.2308°E / 43.9938; 0.2308
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Fourcès
Coat of arms of Fourcès
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Fourcès is located in France
Fourcès
Fourcès
Fourcès is located in Occitanie
Fourcès
Fourcès
Coordinates: 43°59′38″N 0°13′51″E / 43.9938°N 0.2308°E / 43.9938; 0.2308
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentGers
ArrondissementCondom
CantonMontréal
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Daniel Bellot
Area
1
23.72 km2 (9.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
290
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
32133 /32250
Elevation64–180 m (210–591 ft)
(avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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Fourcès is a commune in southwestern France. It is more precisely in Gascony, in the Gers department, in the region Midi-Pyrénées.

Demography[change | change source]

This graph indicates the population of Fourcès over time (source: INSEE).

In 2005 there were 295 inhabitants (2005).

Character, monuments and history of the canton[change | change source]

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

Because of its landscapes and its vineyards the Gers is now and then called by some the "Tuscany of France". The summers are long and warm; the winters are soft and short.

In the neighbourhood are numerous old castles, little medieval walled villages, small cities built around castles and "sacred" places, because the Via Podiensis and the Way of St. James of Compostela are going through the Montréal and left their traces.