Au Cape

Au Cape is a hamlet in Orbessan, Arrondissement of Mirande, Occitanie. Au Cape is situated nearby to the hamlet A Michon, as well as near A Matasite.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église d’Orbessan and Sansan paleontological site.

Église d’Orbessan

Church

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Église d’Orbessan is a church.

The Sansan paleontological site is a Miocene fossil deposit in Sansan, in the French department of Gers. Searched by Edouard Lartet until 1847, it was considered useful for Science and is registered by the Inventaire national du Patrimoine Géologique as an international-level site. Sansan paleontological site is situated 2½ km south of Au Cape.

Église Saint-Germier de Boucagnères

Church

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Église Saint-Germier de Boucagnères is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boucagnères and Sansan.

Boucagnères

Village

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Boucagnères is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. It is situated near the river Gers, between Auch, the capital city of Gers, and Seissan, on the road D 929 in southern direction to Lannemezan.

Sansan

Village

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Sansan 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.