Vic-Fezensac
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Commune of Vic-Fezensac |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Midi-Pyrénées |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Auch |
| Canton | Vic-Fezensac |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes d'Artagnan en Fézensac |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 102 m–231 m (avg. 110 m) |
| Land area¹ | 53.94 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
3,614 |
| - Density | 67/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 32462/ 32190 |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Vic-Fezensac is the capital of the South-French Canton of Vic-Fezensac, located in the departement of Gers. The town has about 4,000 inhabitants.
Vic-Fezensac is renowned for the bullfights that take place throughout the Pentecost weekend. On that occasion tens of thousands of people gather all night long over the week-end in the tiny streets of the city: it is the first big "feria" of the year in Southwestern France. Small bodegas crowded with people are open until the morning comes, "bandas" (bands of popular Basque or gascon music) goes on the streets.
At the end of July the salsa festival takes place. Night markets ("marchés de nuit") are also held in Summer.
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