Aignan, Gers

Aignan
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Coat of arms of Aignan Coat of arms
Aignan
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Aignan
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Aignan
Intercommunality	Terres d'Armagnac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Baratault
Area1	32.16 km2 (12.42 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	746
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	32001 / 32290
Elevation	107–222 m (351–728 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 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.

Aignan (Anhan in Occitan language) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Geography

Aignan is located in the canton of Aignan and in the arrondissement of Mirande.

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Map of Aignan and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,413	—
1800	1,427	+1.0%
1806	1,469	+2.9%
1821	1,492	+1.6%
1831	1,771	+18.7%
1841	1,630	−8.0%
1846	1,639	+0.6%
1851	1,618	−1.3%
1856	1,686	+4.2%
1861	1,649	−2.2%
1866	1,700	+3.1%
1872	1,703	+0.2%
1876	1,612	−5.3%
1881	1,649	+2.3%
1886	1,595	−3.3%
1891	1,500	−6.0%
1896	1,517	+1.1%
1901	1,350	−11.0%
1906	1,215	−10.0%
1911	1,247	+2.6%
1921	1,088	−12.8%
1926	1,139	+4.7%
1931	1,175	+3.2%
1936	959	−18.4%
1946	1,035	+7.9%
1954	950	−8.2%
1962	898	−5.5%
1968	965	+7.5%
1975	932	−3.4%
1982	941	+1.0%
1990	921	−2.1%
1999	844	−8.4%
2008	830	−1.7%
2012	746	−10.1%

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

References

• INSEE