Plaisance (Gers)

Plaisance ( Gascon: Plasença ) is a commune with 1466 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Gers in the Midi-Pyrénées region. The municipality is part of the arrondissement Mirande and is the capital ( chef-lieu ) of the Canton of Plaisance.

Geography

Plaisance is on the river Arros, approximately 43.5 km west of Auch and about 54 kilometers southeast of Mont -de- Marsan.

History

Plaisance was established on the foundations of an ancient village of Count Jean I de Armagnac as Bastide.

Demographics

Development of the population ( only residents with primary residence ):

Personalities

  • Jean -Jacques de Laterrade (1758-1794), lawyer, politician and general during the French Revolution
  • Jean -Pierre Bonnafont (1805-1891), physician, inventor of the otoscope
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