Gers

The Gers is a department in the Occitanie region in the southwest of France named after the Gers River.Inhabitants are called les Gersois.HistoryIn the Middle Ages, the Lordship of L'Isle-Jourdain was nearby.The Gers is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascony.In 1808 it lost Lavit on its north-eastern side to the newly created department of Tarn-et-Garonne.CultureThe culture is largely agricultural, with great emphasis on the local gastronomical specialties such as: Armagnac brandy, Côtes de Gascogne, Floc de Gascogne, Foie gras, and wild mushrooms. Also, some prominent cultivated crops are corn, colza, sunflowers and grain.