Nogaro | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Nogaro (Gers).svg |
Arrondissement: | Condom |
Canton: | Grand-Bas-Armagnac |
Insee: | 32296 |
Postal Code: | 32110 |
Mayor: | Christian Peyret[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Bas-Armagnac |
Coordinates: | 43.76°N -0.03°W |
Elevation Min M: | 89 |
Elevation Max M: | 148 |
Area Km2: | 11.06 |
Nogaro (pronounced as /fr/; Gascon: Nogaròu) is a commune in the Gers department, Southwestern France. It is the site of a distillery of Armagnac brandy.
The commune is bordered by six other communes: Caupenne-d'Armagnac to the northwest, Sainte-Christie-d'Armagnac to the northeast, Loubédat to the east, Sion to the southeast, Urgosse to the south, and finally by Arblade-le-Haut to the west.
Nogaro is the site of Circuit Paul Armagnac, a motorsport race track, and the neighbouring Nogaro Aerodrome.
The historian and palaeographer Charles Samaran (1879–1982) died in Nogaro.
The chef and television host Michel Sarran was born in Nogaro.[2]
The tennis player Tessah Andrianjafitrimo has lived in Nogaro since 2010.[3]