Vic-Fezensac is commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Gers

Gers

The Gers is a department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest of France named after the Gers River.Inhabitants are called les Gersois or Gersoises.-History:...

 department in southwestern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Geography

The Auzoue

Auzoue

The Auzoue is a long river in the Gers and Lot-et-Garonne départements, southwestern France. Its source is at Bassoues. It flows generally north...

 flows north through the western part of the commune and forms most of its north-western border.

The Osse

Osse River

The Osse is a long river in southwestern France, right tributary of the river Gélise. Its source is in the Hautes-Pyrénées, southeast of the village Bernadets-Debat, in the Plateau de Lannemezan...

 flows north through the middle of the commune and crosses the town.

It is in the Côtes de Gascogne

Côtes de Gascogne

Côtes de Gascogne is a wine-growing district in Gascony producing principally white wine. It is mainly located in the département of the Gers in the French region Midi-Pyrénées, and it belongs to the wine region South West France. The designation Côtes the Gascogne is used for a Vin de Pays ...

 wine region.

Population

Events

Vic-Fezensac is renowned for the bullfights that take place throughout the weekend of Pentecost. On that occasion tens of thousands of people gather all night long over the weekend in the tiny streets of the city. It is the first big "feria

Feria

A feria was a day on which the people, especially the slaves, were not obliged to work, and on which there were no court sessions...

" of the year in Southwestern France. Small bodegas crowded with people are open until the morning comes, "bandas" (bands of popular Basque

Basque music

The strict classification of Basque music remains a controversial issue, complicated in part by the growing diversification of such music, but by and large it is made in the Basque Country, it reflects traits related to that society/tradition and it is devised by people from the Basque...

 or gascon music) goes on the streets.

At the end of July the Tempo Latino

Tempo Latino

Tempo Latino is a festival of salsa music and latin music in Vic-Fezensac, France .-2008:*24/7 :**/ Ska Cubano **/ Roy Paci & Aretuska*25/7:**Yerba Buena** Latin Giants of Jazz :*26/7 :**/ Los Patriarcas de la Rumba...

salsa festival takes place. Night markets ("marchés de nuit") are also held in summer.

External links

• Tourist office site (in French)