Fleurance

Fleurance (French pronunciation: [flœʁɑ̃s]; Occitan: Florença) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Fleurance
Commune
Saint-Laurent
Coat of arms
Location of Fleurance
Fleurance Show map of France Fleurance Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°51′01″N 0°39′52″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Fleurance-Lomagne
Intercommunality	Lomagne Gersoise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ronny Guardia-Mazzoleni[1]
Area 1	43.32 km2 (16.73 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,130
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32132 /32500
Elevation	83–181 m (272–594 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Fleurance and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,404 —     1800 2,920 +2.82% 1806 2,858 −0.36% 1821 2,847 −0.03% 1831 3,410 +1.82% 1841 3,409 −0.00% 1846 3,898 +2.72% 1851 4,309 +2.03% 1856 4,250 −0.28% 1861 4,275 +0.12% 1866 4,516 +1.10% 1872 4,515 −0.00% 1876 4,550 +0.19% 1881 4,443 −0.47% 1886 4,457 +0.06% 1891 4,282 −0.80% 1896 4,237 −0.21% 1901 4,102 −0.65%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 4,085 −0.08% 1911 4,050 −0.17% 1921 3,470 −1.53% 1926 3,583 +0.64% 1931 3,467 −0.66% 1936 3,491 +0.14% 1946 3,744 +0.70% 1954 3,816 +0.24% 1962 4,279 +1.44% 1968 5,154 +3.15% 1975 5,816 +1.74% 1982 6,088 +0.66% 1990 6,368 +0.56% 1999 6,273 −0.17% 2007 6,255 −0.04% 2012 6,245 −0.03% 2017 6,021 −0.73%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Gers department