is a ''
Département '' in the southwest of
France named after the
Gers River .
Historically, Gers was part of
Gascony . It was one of the original 83 ''départements'' created during the
French Revolution on
March 4 ,
1790 . It was created from parts of the
Former Provinces of
Guyenne and
Gascony .
Gers is part of the
Midi-Pyrénées region. It is surrounded by the ''départements'' of
Hautes-Pyrénées ,
Haute-Garonne ,
Tarn-et-Garonne ,
Lot-et-Garonne ,
Landes , and
Pyrénées-Atlantiques .
The inhabitants of the ''département'' are called ''Gersois''.
The culture is largely agricultural, with great emphasis on the local gastronomical specialties, the ''pâté de foie gras'' and wild mushrooms.
The
Gascon Language is a dialect of the ''
Langue D'oc '', but it is not spoken much today.
There has been a heavy influence of waves of Spanish immigrants.
