The Gers is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4th, 1790; it was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascony.
Located in south-western France, the Gers is part of the former Midi-Pyrénées region now called
Occitanie. It is surrounded by the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes, and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The Gers is often referred to as amongst the least densely populated, or most rural, areas in all of Western Europe.
The inhabitants of the department are called les Gersois, and although most of you will think this is a French cliché, the ‘typical Gason béret’ is very much still worn with pride, by young and old. One of the striking facts of the Gers, is that it’s the only French department that is not crossed by a motorway, which the Gascony folk are very proud off. It is strategically well placed being halfway between the main cities or Toulouse and Bordeaux, both with internal airports.
The culture is largely agricultural, with great emphasis on the local gastronomical specialties such as foie gras, Armagnac brandy and wild mushrooms. The Gascony language is a dialect of Occitan, but it is not widely spoken. There has been a heavy influence of waves of both British and Spanish immigrants. The captital of the Gers is Auch, internationally famous thanks to d’Artagnan and his Musketeers.
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