Nogaro

For other uses, see Nogaro (disambiguation).
Nogaro

Saint-Nicolas church

Coat of arms
Nogaro

Coordinates: 43°46′N 0°02′W / 43.76°N 0.03°W / 43.76; -0.03Coordinates: 43°46′N 0°02′W / 43.76°N 0.03°W / 43.76; -0.03
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Gers
Arrondissement Condom
Canton Nogaro
Intercommunality Bas-Armagnac
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Christian Peyret
Area1 11.06 km2 (4.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,975
  Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 32296 / 32110
Elevation 89–148 m (292–486 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.

Nogaro is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. It is the site of a distillery of Armagnac brandy.

Geography

Nogaro and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,859    
19682,140+15.1%
19752,113−1.3%
19822,013−4.7%
19902,008−0.2%
19991,881−6.3%
20081,975+5.0%

Sports

Nogaro is the site of Circuit Paul Armagnac, a motorsport race track.

Notable people

The historian and palaeographer Charles Samaran (1879–1982) died in Nogaro.

See also

References

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