Sansan, Gers
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 43°31′53″N 0°36′30″E / 43.5314°N 0.6083°ECoordinates: 43°31′53″N 0°36′30″E / 43.5314°N 0.6083°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Mirande |
| Canton | Auch-3 |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Chantal Tachoires |
| Area1 | 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 93 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 32411 /32260 |
| Elevation | 159–240 m (522–787 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.
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.
Sansan is located 14 km south of Auch and 4 km north of Seissan, along the Gers river.
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.
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