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Auch| Capital of the French département of Gers, on the River Gers: population (1999) 21,900. It has footwear industries and trade in brandy, horses, and poultry. Auch is the seat of an archbishop, and has a Gothic cathedral. |
| It used to be under the protection of the counts of Gascony and Armagnac, and was the capital of both former provinces. |
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