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Coordinates: 43°38′47″N 0°35′08″E / 43.6465, 0.5855

Commune of Auch

Cathedral and town center
Location
Auch (France)
Auch
Administration
Country France
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Department Gers
Arrondissement Auch
Intercommunality Grand Auch
Mayor Claude Bétaille
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 115 m–281 m
(avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Midi-Pyrénées ( Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus or Mieidia-Pirenèus) is the largest region of Metropolitan France by area larger In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The Gers ( French: le Gers, Occitan: Gers) is a department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Auch is an arrondissement of France located in the Gers département, in the Midi-Pyrénées The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 166 m)
Land area¹ 72. 48 km²
Population²
(1999)		 21,838
 - Density 301. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 32013/ 32000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E
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Auch (pronounced /ɔʃ/ in French) (Gascon Occitan: Aush, pronounced /awʃ/) is a commune in southwestern France. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Gascon (Gascon; French,) is a dialect of the Occitan language. Occitan ( IPA BrE: /ˈɒksɪtn/ AmE: /ˈɑksəˌtɑn/ known also as Lenga d'òc or Langue d'oc (native name occitan The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Located in the region of Midi-Pyrénées, it is the capital of the Gers department. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Midi-Pyrénées ( Occitan: Miègjorn-Pirenèus or Mieidia-Pirenèus) is the largest region of Metropolitan France by area larger The Gers ( French: le Gers, Occitan: Gers) is a department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Auch is the historical capital of Gascony. Gascony (Gascogne gaskɔɲ Gascon Occitan: Gasconha, pronounced) is an area of southwest France that constituted a province of France At the 1999 census there were 24,725 inhabitants in the urban area of Auch.

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History

The Ausci

Auch is a very ancient town. The name of Auch comes from the Aquitanian tribe that inhabited the area at the time of the Roman conquest in the 50s BC. The Aquitani ( Latin for Aquitanians) were a people living in what is now southwestern France, between the Pyrenees and the Garonne Events and trends First Triumvirate: a secret pact for mutual advantage between Roman politicians Julius Caesar, Pompey and The name of this tribe, as recorded by the Romans, was Ausci (pronounced /awski/ in Latin), singular Auscus. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Aquitanians spoke a language related to the old Basque language, and a striking fact is that the name Ausci seems related to the native name of the modern Basques, who call themselves Euskal (pronounced /ewskal/ in Basque). Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France.

At the time of the Roman conquest, the native name of Auch, as recorded by the Romans, was Elimberris. Elimberris is itself a variant of Iliberri, where Ili- comes from the Iberian word iltir' or iltur (the "t" is mute) meaning town, city, oppidum, a frequent prefix in names of Iberian cities, and which was probably borrowed into Basque and also Aquitanian (cf. The Iberian language was the language of a people identified by Greek and Roman sources who lived in the eastern and southeastern regions of the Iberian Oppidum (plural oppida) is a Latin word meaning the main settlement in any administrative area of Ancient Rome. The Aquitanian language was spoken in ancient Aquitaine (approximately between the Pyrenees and the Garonne, the region later known as Gascony modern Basque hiri, meaning "town"). In modern Basque there is also the word berri which means "new", so Iliberri is often interpreted as meaning "new oppidum" (based on the fact that Aquitanian and old Basque are related). However, this interpretation should be taken with caution. In the south of Spain, near Granada, an area far away from the Basque homeland, there was an Iberian city whose name the Romans also recorded as Iliberi, and here it seems the name recorded by the Romans is the phonetic transcription of Iberian Ilbirir, which comes from the Iberian stem ilbi- (meaning unknown), and not at all from an hypothetical il(t)i- (town) and Basque berri. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain.

The Romans renamed the town Augusta Auscorum (or Augusta Ausciorum), which means "Augusta of the Ausci". Eventually, Augusta was dropped, and the name evolved into modern Gascon Aush, and modern French Auch. Gascon (Gascon; French,) is a dialect of the Occitan language. Inhabitants of Auch are known in French as Auscitains (pronounced /ositɛ̃/)

Capital of Gascony

During Roman times, Auch was one of the twelve civitates of the province of Novempopulana (Gascony). In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin provincia, pl provinciae) was the basic and until the Tetrarchy (circa Novempopulania ( Latin for "country of the nine peoples" was one of the provinces created by Diocletian out of Gallia Aquitania, being also Gascony (Gascogne gaskɔɲ Gascon Occitan: Gasconha, pronounced) is an area of southwest France that constituted a province of France

In 409, when Eauze, the capital of Novempopulana, was ruined by the Vandals, Auch replaced it as the capital of Gascony. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Constantine III 's general Gerontius revolts in Hispania, and elevates Eauze is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. It became the seat of a Catholic archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Auch, covering the whole of Gascony, which lasted until the French Revolution, and whose archbishops claimed the title of Primate of Aquitaine, Novempopulana, and of the kingdom of Navarre. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated Bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others this means that they lead Primate (from the Latin Primus, "first" is a title or rank bestowed on some Bishops in certain Christian churches

Sights

Auch is known for its Renaissance Cathédrale Sainte-Marie with its magnificent organ, carved stalls and rose stained-glass windows, La Tour d'Armagnac - a 14th century prison, as well as a statue of d'Artagnan who was based on the real life person, Charles de Batz, Comte d'Artagnan born nearby in the château de Castelmore, and written about by Alexandre Dumas. Auch Cathedral ( Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch) is a Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument of France, located in the town of Auch For the Blackford Oakes novel see Stained Glass (novel The term stained glass refers either to the material of coloured Glass or to the art Charles de Batz-Castelmore Comte d'Artagnan (c Lupiac 1611 - 25 June, Maastricht

Geography

The Gers River flows through the town. The Gers ( Occitan: Gers) is a 178 km long River in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne.

Transportation

Auch is well connected to nearby cities and towns such as Agen, Toulouse and Tarbes by Routes Nationales. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Agen (aʒɛ̃ is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in the Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Toulouse ( pronounced in standard French, and in the local accent ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced) is a city in southwest Tarbes is a French town and commune, in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, of which it is the Préfecture A route nationale, or simply nationale, is a Trunk road in France.

Miscellaneous

Auch is a twin city for Memmingen (Germany). Memmingen is a town in the Bavarian administrative region Swabia in Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Auch is the home of FC Auch rugby union team. Football Club Auch Gers is a French Rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées that will play in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier Auch was the birthplace of:

Auch is also a European surname, possibly derived as a habitational name for some early inhabitants of the town, see also Auch (name). Jacques Fouroux ( July 24 1947 &ndash December 17 2005) was a French Rugby union player and coach Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (May 29 1750 - July 24 1812 was a French Admiral. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers Dominic Serres (1719 &ndash 1793 also known as Dominic Serres the Elder was a French -born painter strongly associated with the English school of painting Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Reginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange, OP ( February 21, 1877, Auch, France – February 15, 1964, Rome Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is Thomism is the philosophical school that arose as a legacy of the work and thought of Thomas Aquinas. Auch is a Family name which has two possible origins one originating in southern Germany and the other in France.

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Dictionary

Auch

-proper noun

  1. A surname.
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