Courties
Courties | |
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The fortified gateway in Courties | |
Location of Courties | |
| Coordinates: 43°34′33″N 0°09′27″E / 43.5758°N 0.1575°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gers |
| Arrondissement | Mirande |
| Canton | Pardiac-Rivière-Bass |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Olivier Bonnafont |
Area 1 | 6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 46 |
| • Density | 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 32111 /32230 |
| Elevation | 145–260 m (476–853 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Courties (French pronunciation: [kuʁti]; Occitan: Cortias) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Pays d'Astarac, a very hilly territory in the south of Gers, with clay soil, which runs along the Lannemezan plateau.Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Lys and various other small streams. Courties is a rural commune with 46 inhabitants in 2022, after experiencing a peak in population of 296 inhabitants in 1846. Its inhabitants are called Courtiers or Courtisanes.