Sansan, Gers

Sansan
Commune
The town hall in Sansan
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Coordinates: 43°31′53″N 0°36′30″E / 43.5314°N 0.6083°E / 43.5314; 0.6083Coordinates: 43°31′53″N 0°36′30″E / 43.5314°N 0.6083°E / 43.5314; 0.6083
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Auch-3
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Sonilhac
Area 1	3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	101
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32411 /32260
Elevation	159–240 m (522–787 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.

Sansan (French pronunciation: ​[sɑ̃sɑ̃]) 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.

Geography[]

Localisation[]

Sansan is located 14 km south of Auch and 4 km north of Seissan, along the Gers river.

Sansan and its surrounding communes

Toponymy[]

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.^[2]

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Gers department

References[]

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