Mont-d'Astarac

Mont-d'Astarac
Commune
Restored gate and tower
Mont-d'Astarac
Location within Occitanie region  Mont-d'Astarac
Coordinates: 43°19′45″N 0°34′08″E / 43.3292°N 0.5689°E / 43.3292; 0.5689Coordinates: 43°19′45″N 0°34′08″E / 43.3292°N 0.5689°E / 43.3292; 0.5689
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Astarac-Gimone
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Casale
Area1	8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	96
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	32280 /32140
Elevation	234–386 m (768–1,266 ft) (avg. 349 m or 1,145 ft)
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.

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

Mont-d'Astarac is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Its history goes back up in the years 930, when it became the first capital of Astarac. Indeed, it is on the still visible feudal clod this day that was Arnaud Garcia's castle which becomes established there having inherited the County of Astarac of hisfather Count de Gascogne, Garcia Sanche says the Bent - defer small son of the count of Castille- To see for its monuments - tower, and church - registered on the Historic Monuments of France and for its very beautiful murals dating the 15th century.