Communauté d'agglomération Grand Auch Cœur de Gascogne is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Auch Auch (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in southwestern France. Located in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie, it is the capital of the Gers Departments of France, department. Geography Localiza ...

. It is located in the

Gers Gers (; or , ) is a departments of France, department in the regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southwestern France. Gers is bordered by the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to ...

department, in the

Occitania Occitania is the historical region in Southern Europe where the Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes used as a second language. This cultural area roughly encompasses much of the southern third of France (except ...

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, southwestern

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. Created in 2017, its seat is in Auch.CA Grand Auch Coeur de Gascogne (N° SIREN : 200066926)
BANATIC. Retrieved 4 November 2024. Its area is 602.0 km². Its population was 38,899 in 2019, of which 22,173 in Auch proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 34 communes: # Antras #

# Augnax # Auterive # Ayguetinte # Biran # Bonas # Castelnau-Barbarens # Castéra-Verduzan # Castillon-Massas # Castin # Crastes # Duran # Jegun # Lahitte # Lavardens # Leboulin # Mérens #

Mirepoix A mirepoix ( , ) is a mixture of diced vegetables cooked with fat (usually butter) for a long time on low heat without coloring or browning. The ingredients are not sautéed or otherwise hard-cooked, because the intention is to sweeten rather t ...

# Montaut-les-Créneaux # Montégut # Nougaroulet # Ordan-Larroque # Pavie # Pessan # Peyrusse-Massas # Preignan # Puycasquier #

Roquefort Roquefort () is a sheep milk blue cheese from southern France. Though similar cheeses are produced elsewhere, European Union law, EU law dictates that only those cheeses aged in the natural Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon may bear the na ...

# Roquelaure # Sainte-Christie # Saint-Jean-Poutge # Saint-Lary # Tourrenquets

References

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