Auch
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 43°38′47″N 0°35′08″E / 43.6465°N 0.5855°ECoordinates: 43°38′47″N 0°35′08″E / 43.6465°N 0.5855°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Gers | |
| Arrondissement | Auch | |
| Intercommunality | Grand Auch | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Franck Montaugé | |
| Area1 | 72.48 km2 (27.98 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 21,960 | |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 32013 / 32000 | |
| Elevation | 115–281 m (377–922 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Auch (French pronunciation: [oʃ]; Gascon: Aush or Aux [aʊʃ]) is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Occitanie, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony.
The River Gers flows through the town.
Auch is well connected to nearby cities and towns such as Agen, Toulouse and Tarbes by Routes Nationales.
Auch is a very ancient town, whose settlement was noted by the Romans during their conquest of the area in the 50s BC. At that time, it was settled by an Aquitanian tribe known to the Romans as the Ausci. Their name for the town was Climberrum or Elimberris. This has been tentatively etymologized from the Iberian iltir ("town, oppidum") and a cognate of the Basque berri ("new"), although another Iberian settlement in Granada recorded by the Romans as "Iliberi" probably had no contact with proto-Basque speaking peoples. Following their conquest, the Romans renamed the town Augusta Auscorum or Ausciorum ("Augusta of the Ausci"). Augusta Auscorum was one of the twelve civitates of the province of Novempopulana (Gascony) and became the provincial capital after the 409 destruction of Eauze by the Vandals.
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