Troncens

Troncens
Troncens
Commune
	Location of Troncens
	Troncens Troncens
	Coordinates: 43°27′41″N 0°12′57″E / 43.4614°N 0.2158°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gers
Arrondissement	Mirande
Canton	Pardiac-Rivière-Basse
Intercommunality	Bastides et vallons du Gers
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Daguzan
Area 1	12.97 km2 (5.01 sq mi)
Population (2008)	184
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	32455 /32230
Elevation	182–342 m (597–1,122 ft) ; (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Troncens is a commune in the Gers department of Gascony in the southwestern France.

Geography

Localisation

Troncens is situated in the south of the department near the department of Hautes-Pyrenees.

Hydrography

The Cabournieu, right tributary of the Bouès, has its source in the town. Another tributary (left bank) of the Bouès, the Laus, runs through the town. The farms are dispersed throughout the area.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
522	1,818	—
416	1,848	+1.7%
652	1,896	+2.6%
429	1,912	+0.8%
402	1,947	+1.8%
278	1,962	+0.8%
219	1,968	+0.3%
198	1,975	+0.4%
197	1,982	+0.4%
206	1,990	+0.4%
206	1,999	+0.5%
199	2,008	+0.5%
184		—

Businesses and artisans

- Agriculture: sunflower, corn

- 1 gîte: CAP de BOUEOU (bouéou = beef in Gascon dialect) - Vacation rental in an 18th-century farmhouse in Troncens, Gers.

References

INSEE

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