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Sansan (French pronunciation: ​[sɑ̃sɑ̃]) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

Sansan
Commune
The town hall in Sansan
Location of Sansan
Sansan Show map of France Sansan Show map of Occitanie
Coordinates: 43°31′53″N 0°36′30″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Auch-3
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Sonilhac
Area 1	3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	100
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

Localisation

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

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.[2]

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sansan.

На других языках

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- [en] Sansan, Gers

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[ru] Сансан (коммуна)

Санса́н (фр. Sansan) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Юг — Пиренеи. Департамент — Жер. Входит в состав кантона Ош-Сюд-Эст-Сесан. Округ коммуны — Ош.

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