Gers
The Gers is a 175-kilometre long river in southern France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the foothills of the Pyrenees, near Lannemezan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France
- Also known as: “Gers River” and “Le Gers Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Martin de Layrac and Église Notre-Dame de Moirax.
Église Saint-Martin de Layrac
Church
Photo: Pepinyà, Public domain.
Église Saint-Martin de Layrac is a church.
Église Notre-Dame de Moirax
Church
Photo: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Notre-Dame de Moirax is a church, which is situated 3 km west of Gers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agen and Le Passage.
Agen
Town
Photo: Florent Pécassou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agen is the prefecture of the southwestern French department of Lot-et-Garonne. It lies on the river Garonne, 135 kilometres southeast of Bordeaux. In 2021, the commune had a population of 32,485. Agen is situated 7 km north of Gers.
Le Passage
Village
Le Passage is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. It is part of the agglomeration of Agen. The Agen - La Garenne Aerodrome is located in Le Passage. Le Passage is situated 7 km northwest of Gers.
Gers
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Gers” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ժեր”
- Asturian: “Ríu Gers”
- Basque: “Gers ibaia”
- Basque: “Gers”
- Bavarian: “Gers (Fluss)”
- Bavarian: “Gers”
- Belarusian: “Жэр (прыток Гароны)”
- Belarusian: “Жэр”
- Breton: “Gers”
- Bulgarian: “Жерс”
- Catalan: “Gers”
- Catalan: “riu Gers”
- Catalan: “Riu Gers”
- Catalan: “Riu Gèrs”
- Cebuano: “Gers”
- Chinese: “热尔河”
- Chinese: “熱爾河”
- Czech: “Gers”
- Dutch: “Gers (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Gers”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جيرس”
- Finnish: “Gers”
- French: “Gers”
- German: “Gers”
- Greek: “Ζερς”
- Hungarian: “Gers”
- Irish: “Gers”
- Italian: “Gers”
- Japanese: “ジェール川”
- Luxembourgish: “Gers”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gers”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Gers”
- Norwegian: “Gers”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gers”
- Persian: “ژر”
- Piemontese: “Gers”
- Polish: “Gers”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gers”
- Romanian: “Gers”
- Romanian: “Râul Gers”
- Russian: “Жер”
- Serbian: “Жерс”
- Slovak: “Gers”
- Slovenian: “Gers”
- Spanish: “Gers”
- Spanish: “rio Gers”
- Spanish: “río Gers”
- Spanish: “Río Gers”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Layrac and Boé.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Agen Racecourse and Agen La Garenne Airport.
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