Title: Villeneuve-sur-Lot Content: Villeneuve-sur-Lot (Gascon: Vilanuèva d'Olt) is a town and commune in southwestern France, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is a subprefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department. The commune was formerly named Villeneuve-d'Agen. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Villeneuve- sur-Lot and of 2 cantons in the department: Villeneuve-sur-Lot-1 and Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2. ==History== The region where the city is was first populated by the Romans. In the 11th century, a Benedictine abbey was constructed near where is the city now. There was a small village of potters and farmers around the abbey. Between 1254 and 1263, Alphonse of Poitiers had a bastide built. He also gave the bastide city rights. The bastide has a rectangular look, with a central square. Because of its privileged geographical situation on the river lot, the city played an important role in wars of the region: * In the Hundred Years' War * In the Huguenot wars * In the Fronde, a civil war in France. ==Geography== The commune has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  Villeneuve-sur-Lot is surrounded by the communes Lédat, Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe, La Sauvetat-sur-Lède, Monflanquin, Savignac-sur-Leyze, Saint-Aubin, Trentels, Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot, Penne-d'Agenais, Hautefage-la-Tour, Pujols and Bias. The Lot river flows through the city of Villeneuve-sur-Lot. The Lède river, a tributary of the Lot, flows through the northern part of the commune. ===Climate=== The climate of Villeneuve-sur-Lot is an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Villeneuve-sur-Lot are known, in French, as Villeneuvois (women: Villeneuvoises). With a population of 23,263, Villeneuve-sur-Lot has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Villeneuve-sur-Lot 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:25000 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: 21682 bar:1975 from:0 till: 22307 bar:1982 from:0 till: 23045 bar:1990 from:0 till: 22782 bar:1999 from:0 till: 22782 bar:2006 from:0 till: 23466 bar:2014 from:0 till: 23263 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 21682 fontsize:S text: 21,682 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 22307 fontsize:S text: 22,307 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 23045 fontsize:S text: 23,045 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 22782 fontsize:S text: 22,782 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 22782 fontsize:S text: 22,782 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 23466 fontsize:S text: 23,466 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 23263 fontsize:S text: 23,263 shift:(-15,5) ==Administration== Villeneuve-sur-Lot is a subprefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department since 1800. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and the administrative centre  of 2 cantons: # Villeneuve-sur-Lot-1, formed with a part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot-Nord and the commune Lédat, with 16,376 inhabitants (2014). # Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2, formed with a part of Villeneuve- sur-Lot-Sud and the communes Bias, Hautefage-la-Tour, Pujols, Saint-Antoine- de-Ficalba and Sainte-Colombe-de-Villeneuve, with 17,055 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Grand Villeneuvois . === Twin towns === Villeneuve-sur-Lot is twinned with: * Ávila, Castile and León, Spain * Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire * Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany * San Donà di Piave, Veneto, Italy * Troon, Scotland ==Gallery== File:Villeneuve-sur-Lot.JPG|View from the left side of the Lot File:Porte de Pujols.JPG|Porte de Pujols File:Pont des Cieutat.JPG|Pont des Cieutat over the Lot File:Église Sainte-Catherine de Villeneuve-sur-Lot 1.JPG|Sainte-Catherine church ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot * Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department