Larressingle

Larressingle
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Larressingle
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Coordinates: 43°56′45″N 0°18′40″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Condom
Canton	Armagnac-Ténarèze
Intercommunality	Ténarèze
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Xavier Fernandez[1]
Area ^1	8.55 km^2 (3.30 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	213
• Density	25/km^2 (65/sq mi)
Demonym	Larressinglois
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32194 /32100
Elevation	75–177 m (246–581 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Larressingle (French pronunciation: [laʁəsɛ̃ɡl]; Occitan: Larressingla) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.

Geography

Larressingle and its surrounding communes

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	170	—
1975	155	−1.31%
1982	138	−1.65%
1990	161	+1.95%
1999	200	+2.44%
2009	207	+0.34%
2014	215	+0.76%
2020	210	−0.39%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

• Château de Larressingle (c. 1250 – c. 1550), ruins
• Walls
• Port of Artigue
• Castle
• Church of St. Sigismund
• Siege machines

Notable people

• André Adam (1936–2016), diplomat

See also

• Communes of the Gers department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE