Auch
Auch | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 43°38′47″N 0°35′08″E / 43.6465°N 0.5855°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Gers |
Arrondissement | Auch |
Canton | Auch-1, Auch-2, Auch-3 |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Auch Cœur Gascogne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Laprébende[1] |
Area 1 | 72.48 km2 (27.98 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 23,041 |
• Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 32013 /32000 |
Elevation | 115–281 m (377–922 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. |
Auch (French pronunciation: .
Geography
Localization
The commune of Auch is located in the arrondissement of Auch and in the Gers valley, roughly in the centre of the Gers département. Auch is 69 kilometres (43 mi) west of Toulouse, the capital of the Occitanie region, and 74 kilometres (46 mi)from Montauban, 63 kilometres (39 mi) from Agen, 92 kilometres (57 mi) from Mont-de-Marsan, 86 kilometres (53 mi) from Pau and 62 kilometres (39 mi) from Tarbes, the capitals of the neighbouring départements. It is 162 km from Bordeaux, 390 kilometres (240 mi) from Marseille and 409 kilometres (254 mi) from Lyon, the capitals of the neighbouring regions, and 595 kilometres (370 mi)south-west of Paris.[3]
The commune covers an area of 7,248 hectares (17,910 acres).[4]
Surrounding communes
Auch borders thirteen other communes: Barran, Castillon-Massas, Castin, Duran, Lasséran, Leboulin, Montaut-les-Créneaux, Montégut, Ordan-Larroque, Pavie, Pessan, Preignan and Roquelaure.
Geology and relief
Auch has a minimum altitude of 115 metres (377 ft) and a maximum of 281 metres (922 ft). Its average altitude is 198 metres (650 ft), while that of its town hall is 134 metres (440 ft)[5] The town and its surroundings have a hillside landscape.[6]
The commune covers an area of 7,248 hectares (17,910 acres), making it the third largest in the département.[7]
Centred on the middle Baïse valley, Armagnac is distributed along an east-west axis between Eauze and Auch. It includes Fezensac and Vic.
The commune is located in seismicity zone 1 (very low seismicity).[8]
Hydrography
The
The lower town was devastated on several occasions (1897, 1952 for the most significant
Transportation
Auch is well connected to nearby cities and towns such as
.Climate
Climate data for Auch (1985–2010 averages, extremes 1985–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
33.7 (92.7) |
38.4 (101.1) |
42.0 (107.6) |
40.9 (105.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
1.6 (34.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −20.0 (−4.0) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.6 (36.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
3.6 (38.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.2 (2.21) |
48.8 (1.92) |
49.7 (1.96) |
71.1 (2.80) |
68.4 (2.69) |
57.9 (2.28) |
51.9 (2.04) |
57.1 (2.25) |
54.6 (2.15) |
57.3 (2.26) |
60.2 (2.37) |
52.2 (2.06) |
685.4 (26.98) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.6 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 101.2 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 92.4 | 111.0 | 167.6 | 176.6 | 196.8 | 209.8 | 234.6 | 223.6 | 197.2 | 145.2 | 94.5 | 79.4 | 1,928.6 |
Source: Météo France[10] |
History and population
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Source: EHESS[11] and INSEE (1968-2017)[12] |
Auch is a very ancient town, whose settlement was noted by the
The common term
The town became the seat of a
.Sites of interest
- Renaissance stained-glass windows
- La Tour d'Armagnac, a 14th-century prison, as well as a statue of Alexandre Dumas.
- Musée des Jacobins
- Maison Henri IV (Auch)
- Escalier monumental Built in the 19th century
Notable people
Auch was the birthplace of:
- Jacques Fouroux (1947–2005), rugby union player
- Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (1750–1812), admiral
- Dominic Serres (1719–1793), painter
- Neo-Thomisttheologian
- Nicolas Portal (1979–2020), Professional cyclist for AG2R Prévoyance and Director Sportif of World Tour cycling team Ineos (ne Sky)
- Patrick Pilet (born 1981), racing driver
- André Daguin (1935–2019), chef
See also
- Gascony Show – English language radio in Auch
- Communes of the Gers department
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Recherche d'orthodromie depuis Auch [Search for orthodromy from Auch]". le site lion1906 de Lionel Delvarre. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Auch : population, superficie, chômage, chiffres et informations essentielles [Auch: population, surface area, unemployment, key figures and information]". Libération (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "PLAN AUCH - Plan, carte et relief d'Auch 32810 ou 32000 [Plan, map and relief of Auch 32810 or 32000]". cartesfrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "paysages du gers [landscapes of the gers]". arbreetpaysage32.free.fr. Retrieved 17 March 2024..
- ^ Répertoire géographique des communes [Geographical directory of municipalities], published by IGN
- ^ Plan séisme
- ^ Lambert, Roger; Vigneau, Jean-Pierre (1981). "Les inondations catastrophiques de juillet 1977 en Gascogne. Étude géographique d'une situation. Problèmes de prévision et de prévention [The catastrophic floods of July 1977 in Gascony. Geographical study of a situation. Forecasting and prevention problems]". Annales de Géographie.
- ^ "Auch (32)" (PDF). Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records (in French). Meteo France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auch, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 67. .
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 892–893.
- ^ Leopold von Ranke: Französische Geschichte. Essen 1996. p.182. [in German]
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Unofficial website about Auch (in French)