Eauze

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Commune of Eauze
Location
Longitude	00° 06' 07" E
Latitude	43° 51' 44" N
Administration
Country	France
Région	Midi-Pyrénées
Département	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Eauze
Statistics
Altitude	106 m–193 m (avg. 126 m)
Land area¹	72.00 km²
Population² (1999)	3,881
- Density (1999)	55/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	32119/ 32800
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Eauze is a town and commune in the French département of Gers. Population (1999): 3,881.

The ancient bishopric of Elusa (Eauze) in Gaul was united with the episcopal see of Auch probably in the ninth century. Its Latin name, Elusa, is identical to that of a titular see of Palaestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra.

[edit] Sources and external links

• Official Site of the commune of Eauze (French)
• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. [1]
• Eauze Cathedral:[2]