Marsan

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Aymeri de Montesquiou^[1] (UDI)Area14.93 km² (5.76 sq mi)Population470 • Density31/km² (82/sq mi)DemonymMarsannais.eTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation158–256 m (518–840 ft)
(avg. 196 m or 643 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marsan (French pronunciation: [maʁsɑ̃]; Occitan: Marçan, [marsa]) is a commune in the Gers department, southwestern France.

Geography

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	219	—
1968	301	+37.4%
1975	307	+2.0%
1982	330	+7.5%
1990	420	+27.3%
1999	430	+2.4%
2008	416	−3.3%

There exists a Swedish vanilla sauce product called Marsán [sv], the name inspired by a visit by the owner to Marsan, Gers in the 1920s.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

References