Riscle

Riscle (French pronunciation: [ʁiskl]; Gascon: Riscla) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Cannet was merged into Riscle.^[3]

Riscle Riscla
Commune
The town hall in Riscle
Coat of arms
Location of Riscle
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Coordinates: 43°39′27″N 0°05′09″W
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Adour-Gersoise
Intercommunality	Armagnac Adour
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Terrain[1]
Area 1	36.55 km2 (14.11 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,643
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32344 /32400
Elevation	96–231 m (315–758 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Riscle and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,679	—
1968	1,845	+9.9%
1975	1,841	−0.2%
1982	1,867	+1.4%
1990	1,778	−4.8%
1999	1,675	−5.8%
2008	1,707	+1.9%
2012	1,710	+0.2%

See also

• Communes of the Gers department