Éauze

Éauze
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Coat of arms of Éauze Coat of arms
Éauze
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Éauze
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Éauze
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Gabas
Area1	72.00 km2 (27.80 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	3,935
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	32119 / 32800
Elevation	106–193 m (348–633 ft) (avg. 126 m or 413 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Éauze (officially Eauze) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

History

Éauze takes its names from the Gaulish Aquitani tribe of the Elusates.

The ancient bishopric of Éauze (or Elusa) in Gaul was united with the episcopal see of Auch probably in the 9th century. Its Latin name, Elusa, is identical to that of a titular see of Palaestina Tertia, suffragan of Petra.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	5,230	—
1800	3,618	−30.8%
1806	3,692	+2.0%
1821	3,698	+0.2%
1831	3,564	−3.6%
1841	3,840	+7.7%
1846	3,915	+2.0%
1851	4,082	+4.3%
1856	4,274	+4.7%
1861	4,255	−0.4%
1866	4,397	+3.3%
1872	4,362	−0.8%
1876	4,237	−2.9%
1881	4,380	+3.4%
1886	4,225	−3.5%
1891	4,110	−2.7%
1896	4,175	+1.6%
1901	4,012	−3.9%
1906	3,797	−5.4%
1911	3,592	−5.4%
1921	3,361	−6.4%
1926	3,482	+3.6%
1931	3,513	+0.9%
1936	3,620	+3.0%
1946	3,661	+1.1%
1954	3,612	−1.3%
1962	3,664	+1.4%
1968	4,010	+9.4%
1975	4,393	+9.6%
1982	4,298	−2.2%
1990	4,137	−3.7%
1999	3,881	−6.2%
2008	3,935	+1.4%

Sights

Éauze Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Luperculus, who is said to have been a bishop here in the third century before being martyred.

Events

Éauze has a market on Thursday mornings and there is also a separate poultry and rabbit market.

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

References

• INSEE

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:  [1]

External links

• Official Site of the commune of Éauze (French)
• Éauze Cathedral:[2]