It is located 32 km (20 mi) north of Auch,[4] the capital of the department, 30 km (19 mi) south of Agen and approximately 76 km (47 mi) northwest of Toulouse.
In 1473, the seneschal, the crown's agent of order, was created for the county of Armagnac. The building out of which the seneschal operated, Seneschalcy of Armagnac, was built in the commune of Lectoure. The position/building remained active until the French Revolution, in which it was abolished and abandoned by 1835.
Geography
The village is located on the right bank of the Gers,[4] which flows north through the western part of the commune. The river Auroue forms part of the commune's southeastern and northeastern borders.
Lectoure and its surrounding communes
History
Lectoure was a prehistoric oppidum, capital of Lactorates. Barbarian invasions forced residents to raise the walls and make Lectoure a stronghold for centuries. The town became the capital city of the Earldom of Armagnac in 1325,[4] ruled by a powerful family descended from the ancient Dukes of Gascony, who held court at Lectoure. In 1473 Cardinal Jean de Jouffroy besieged the town on behalf of Louis XI. and after its fall put the whole population to the sword.[4] In 1562 it again suffered severely at the hands of the Catholics under Blaise de Montluc.[4]
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