Sansan, Gers

Sansan
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Sansan
Location within Midi-Pyrénées region Sansan
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Auch
Canton	Auch-Sud-Est-Seissan
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Chantal Tachoires
Area1	3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	93
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	32411 / 32260
Elevation	159–240 m (522–787 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 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.

Sansan is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

The vicinity of Sansan is known for its Miocene fossil deposits where geologist Edouard Lartet unearthed the jaw of the primate Pliopithecus antiquus in 1837.

Geography

Sansan is located 14 km south of Auch and 4 km north of Seissan, along the Gers river.

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Sansan and its surrounding communes

Toponymy

Sansan finds its origin in the Latin patronymic name Sancianus or Santius, followed by the suffix -anum, designing a property of which a man by this name must have been the owner in the times of Roman Gaul.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	87	—
1968	90	+3.4%
1975	81	−10.0%
1982	98	+21.0%
1990	108	+10.2%
1999	89	−17.6%
2008	93	+4.5%

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

References

• INSEE