Marciac is famous for its annual jazz festival, one of the 3 biggest Jazz festivals in the world with Breacon in Wales and New Orleans in the United States.
The Villecomtal rail disaster on August 1, 1922 took place at this location (former level crossing of Cartalle) in the Gers department, between the stations of Miélan and Villecomtal-sur-Arros, near …