Sansan, Gers

Sansan
Sansan

Coordinates: 43°31′53″N 0°36′30″E / 43.5314°N 0.6083°E / 43.5314; 0.6083Coordinates: 43°31′53″N 0°36′30″E / 43.5314°N 0.6083°E / 43.5314; 0.6083
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department Gers
Arrondissement Auch
Canton Auch-Sud-Est-Seissan
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Chantal Tachoires
Area1 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 93
  Density 25/km2 (65/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 32411 / 32260
Elevation 159–240 m (522–787 ft)
(avg. 166 m or 545 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sansan is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

The vicinity of Sansan is known for its Miocene fossil deposits where geologist Edouard Lartet unearthed the jaw of the primate Pliopithecus antiquus in 1837.

Geography

Sansan is located 14 km south of Auch and 4 km north of Seissan, along the Gers river.

Sansan and its surrounding communes

Toponymy

Sansan finds its origin in the Latin patronymic name Sancianus or Santius, followed by the suffix -anum, designing a property of which a man by this name must have been the owner in the times of Roman Gaul.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
196287    
196890+3.4%
197581−10.0%
198298+21.0%
1990108+10.2%
199989−17.6%
200893+4.5%

See also

References

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