Nogaro

For other uses, see Nogaro (disambiguation).

Nogaro (French pronunciation: [nɔɡaʁo]; Gascon: Nogaròu) is a commune in the Gers department, Southwestern France. It is the site of a distillery of Armagnac brandy.

Nogaro
Commune
Saint-Nicolas church
Coat of arms
Location of Nogaro
Nogaro Show map of France Nogaro Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°46′N 0°02′W
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Grand-Bas-Armagnac
Intercommunality	Bas-Armagnac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Peyret[1]
Area 1	11.06 km2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,226
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32296 /32110
Elevation	89–148 m (292–486 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Nogaro and its surrounding communes

The commune is bordered by six other communes: Caupenne-d'Armagnac to the northwest, Sainte-Christie-d'Armagnac to the northeast, Loubédat to the east, Sion to the southeast, Urgosse to the south, and finally by Arblade-le-Haut to the west.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,140	—
1975	2,113	−0.18%
1982	2,013	−0.69%
1990	2,008	−0.03%
1999	1,881	−0.72%
2007	1,975	+0.61%
2012	1,966	−0.09%
2017	2,009	+0.43%
Source: INSEE[3]

Facilities

Nogaro is the site of Circuit Paul Armagnac, a motorsport race track, and the neighbouring Nogaro Aerodrome.

Notable people

The historian and palaeographer Charles Samaran (1879–1982) died in Nogaro.

The chef and television host Michel Sarran was born in Nogaro.^[4]

The tennis player Tessah Andrianjafitrimo has lived in Nogaro since 2010.^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Gers department