Title: Marmande Content: Marmande is a commune in southwestern France, in the region of Nouvelle- Aquitaine. It is a sub-prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department, capital of the arrondissement of Marmande. It is also the capital of 2 cantons in the department: Marmande-1 and Marmande-2. ==Geography== Marmande is on the right side of the Garonne river, at about to the northwest of Agen and to the southwest of Bordeaux. It has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  Marmande is surrounded by the communes Beaupuy, Mauvezin-sur-Gupie, Escassefort, Virazeil, Saint-Pardoux-du- Breuil, Fourques-sur-Garonne, Montpouillan, Gaujac and Sainte-Bazeille. ===Climate=== The climate of Marmande is an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Marmande are known, in French, as Marmandais (women: Marmandaises). With a population of 17,748, Marmande has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Marmande Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:20000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 15559 bar:1975 from:0 till: 16911 bar:1982 from:0 till: 16953 bar:1990 from:0 till: 17568 bar:1999 from:0 till: 17199 bar:2006 from:0 till: 17317 bar:2014 from:0 till: 17748 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 15559 fontsize:S text: 15,559 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 16911 fontsize:S text: 16,911 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 16953 fontsize:S text: 16,953 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 17568 fontsize:S text: 17,568 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 17199 fontsize:S text: 17,199 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 17317 fontsize:S text: 17,317 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 17748 fontsize:S text: 17,748 shift:(-15,5) ==Administration== Marmande is a subprefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department since 1790. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Marmande and the administrative centre  of 2 cantons: # Marmande-1, formed with a part of Marmande and nine other communes, with 18,503 inhabitants (2014). # Marmande-2, formed with a part of Marmande and ten other communes, with 17,833 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Val de Garonne . === Twin towns === Marmande is twinned with: * Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain * Portogruaro, Italy ==Monuments and sites== * Église Notre-Dame de Marmande : Our Lady church and cloister built on the 13th century. * Jardin du Cloître de Notre-Dame de Garonne (Garden of the Cloister of Our Lady of Garonne). ==Gallery== File:Marmande Église Notre- Dame 04.jpg|Notre-Dame de Marmande. File:Cloitre_de_Notre_Dame_de_Marmande.JPG|Cloister of Notre-Dame de Marmande. File:Marmande - Église Notre-Dame, cloître et jardin.JPG|Garden of Notre-Dame de Marmande. File:Marmande Hôtel de ville.jpg|Marmande town hall. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Marmande * Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department