Samatan
Commune in Occitania, France
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Samatan (French pronunciation: [samatɑ̃]) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. Culturally and historically, the commune is part of the Savès, a province of Gascony. It is situated 36 km southwest of Toulouse, residing within Toulouse's functional area, a statistical area used by INSEE to designate metropolitan areas. Samatan has an oceanic climate and has a remarkable natural patrimony, having multiple Zones naturelles d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique, a type of natural environment recognized by France.[2][3] The inhabitants are called Samatanais or Samatanaises in French.
Samatan | |
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Commune | |
Samatan Town Hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Samatan | |
  Samatan  Samatan | |
| Coordinates: 43°29′37″N 0°55′54″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Auch |
| Canton | Val de Save |
| Intercommunality | Savès |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Lefebvre |
Area 1 | 33.53 km2 (12.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 2,517 |
| • Density | 75.07/km2 (194.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 32410 /32130 |
| Elevation | 155–252 m (509–827 ft) (avg. 165 m or 541 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,934 | — |
| 1975 | 1,840 | −0.71% |
| 1982 | 1,831 | −0.07% |
| 1990 | 1,716 | −0.81% |
| 1999 | 1,832 | +0.73% |
| 2007 | 2,214 | +2.40% |
| 2012 | 2,378 | +1.44% |
| 2017 | 2,370 | −0.07% |
| 2023 | 2,517 | +1.01% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Heraldry
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Quarterly, gules with four silver otelles placed in saltire, and of the first with three gold fleur-de-lis sceptres placed in pale and arranged in fess, on a chief sewn of France.
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