| LC control no. | n 81007173 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Gers (France) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | France--Gers |
| Variant(s) | The Gers (France) |
| See also | Gascony (France) Armagnac (France) |
| Beginning date | 17900304 |
| Associated country | France |
| Found in | Col. Lipp. gaz.: p. 676 (dept. in Gascony, SW France) p. 100 (includes part of Armagnac) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 43°40ʹ00ʺN 000°30ʹ00ʺE) Wikipedia, Sept. 12, 2014 (The Gers; department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest of France named after the Gers River. It is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascony. In 1808 it lost Lavit on its the north-eastern side to the newly created department of Tarn-et-Garonne) |
| Geographic area code | e-fr--- |
| Associated language | fre |
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