Lectoure

Lectoure
A general view of Lectoure
A general view of Lectoure
Coat of arms of Lectoure
Location of Lectoure
Map
Lectoure is located in France
Lectoure
Lectoure
Lectoure is located in Occitanie
Lectoure
Lectoure
Coordinates: 43°56′07″N 0°37′19″E / 43.9353°N 0.6219°E / 43.9353; 0.6219
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentGers
ArrondissementCondom
CantonLectoure-Lomagne
Government
 • Mayor (2021–2026) Xavier Ballenghien[1]
Area
1
84.93 km2 (32.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,690
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
32208 /32700
Elevation68–223 m (223–732 ft)
(avg. 182 m or 597 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lectoure (French pronunciation: [lɛktuʁ]; Gascon: Leitora [lejˈtuɾɔ]) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France.[3]

It is located 32 km (20 mi) north of Auch,[4] the capital of the department, 30 km (19 mi) south of Agen and approximately 76 km (47 mi) northwest of Toulouse.

In 1473, the seneschal, the crown's agent of order, was created for the county of Armagnac. The building out of which the seneschal operated, Seneschalcy of Armagnac, was built in the commune of Lectoure. The position/building remained active until the French Revolution, in which it was abolished and abandoned by 1835.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Commune de Lectoure (32208), INSEE
  4. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lectoure" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 358.