Sansan, Gers
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Sansan | |
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 The town hall in Sansan | |
Location of Sansan  | |
  Sansan  Sansan | |
| Coordinates: 43°31′53″N 0°36′30″E / 43.5314°N 0.6083°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Mirande |
| Canton | Auch-3 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Sonilhac[1] |
Area 1 | 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 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. | |
Sansan (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃sɑ̃]) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.
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.
Localisation
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.[3]
