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The Gers (; or , ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southwestern France. The Gers is bordered by the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the south, Haute-Garonne and Tarn-et-Garonne to the east, Lot-et-Garonne to the north and Landes to the west. Named after the Gers River, its inhabitants are called the Gersois and Gersoises in French. In 2023, it had a population of 192,645.

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Gers is a department (administrative region) located in southwestern France that is named after the Gers River and is home to nearly 193,000 people as of 2023. It matters as one of France's local governmental divisions and represents a distinct region of Occitania with its own cultural identity and administrative functions.

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Settlement.leader_name: Philippe Dupouy
Settlement.name: Gers
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline: (Auch) Façade ouest de la préfecture du Gers.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building in Auch
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_Gers_Department_(vectorized).svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Gers.svg
Settlement.image_map: Gers-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Gers in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Occitanie
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Auch
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para

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Instance of: department of France
Named after: Gers
Official name: Gers
Country: France
Located in: Midi-Pyrénées
Contains: Monblanc
Capital: Auch
Population: 192645
Area: 6257
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Head of government: Philippe Martin
Shares border with: Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Official website: www.gers.fr
Image: (Auch) Façade ouest de la préfecture du Gers.jpg

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category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Gers
Commons category: Gers (department)
inception: 1790-03-04
topic's main category: Category:Gers
Commons gallery: Gers
category for people born here: Category:Births in Gers
category of associated people: Category:People from Gers
annual number of weddings: 632
twinned administrative body: Wanzhou
social media followers: 3663

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