Arrondissement of Nérac

The **arrondissement of Nérac** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Lot-et-Garonne _département_ in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and subpréfecture of the department, is the city of Nérac.

## History

When the Lot-et-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Nérac was part of that original department. In 1926, the arrondissement was eliminated but, 1942, it became again an arrondissement

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Nérac is in the southwest of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of . It has 39,227 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Marmande, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Agen, to the south by the Gers department, to the southwest by the Landes department and to the northwest by the Gironde department.

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the _arrondissements_ so they could have _communes_ that belong to different _arrondissements_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Nérac, there is only one canton where not all its "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Les Forêts de Gascogne. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="4" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4705|L'Albret||||22|**22**|
|4708|Les Forêts de Gascogne||16||16|**32**|
|4711|Lavardac||||20|**20**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Nérac has 58 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Allons, Lot-et-Garonne <small>(47007)</small>
1. Ambrus <small>(47008)</small>
1. Andiran <small>(47009)</small>
1. Anzex <small>(47012)</small>
1. Barbaste <small>(47021)</small>
1. Beauziac <small>(47026)</small>
1. Boussès <small>(47039)</small>
1. Bruch <small>(47041)</small>
1. Buzet-sur-Baïse <small>(47043)</small>
1. Calignac <small>(47045)</small>
1. Casteljaloux <small>(47052)</small>
1. Caubeyres <small>(47058)</small>
1. Damazan <small>(47078)</small>
1. Durance <small>(47085)</small>
1. Espiens <small>(47090)</small>
1. Fargues-sur-Ourbise <small>(47093)</small>
1. Feugarolles <small>(47097)</small>
1. Fieux <small>(47098)</small>
1. Francescas <small>(47102)</small>
1. Fréchou <small>(47103)</small>
1. Houeillès <small>(47119)</small>
1. La Réunion <small>(47222)</small>
1. Lamontjoie <small>(47133)</small>
1. Lannes <small>(47134)</small>
1. Lasserre <small>(47139)</small>
1. Lavardac <small>(47143)</small>
1. Leyritz-Moncassin <small>(47148)</small>
1. Moncaut <small>(47172)</small>
1. Moncrabeau <small>(47174)</small>
1. Mongaillard <small>(47176)</small>
1. Monheurt <small>(47177)</small>
1. Montagnac-sur-Auvignon <small>(47180)</small>
1. Montesquieu <small>(47186)</small>
1. Mézin <small>(47167)</small>
1. Nomdieu <small>(47197)</small>
1. Nérac <small>(47195)</small>
1. Pindères <small>(47205)</small>
1. Pompiey <small>(47207)</small>
1. Pompogne <small>(47208)</small>
1. Poudenas <small>(47211)</small>
1. Puch-d'Agenais <small>(47214)</small>
1. Razimet <small>(47220)</small>
1. Réaup-Lisse <small>(47221)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent <small>(47249)</small>
1. Saint-Léger <small>(47250)</small>
1. Saint-Léon <small>(47251)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Curton <small>(47254)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Buzet <small>(47267)</small>
1. Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon <small>(47266)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-de-Lamontjoie <small>(47282)</small>
1. Sainte-Maure-de-Peyriac <small>(47258)</small>
1. Saumont <small>(47287)</small>
1. Sauméjan <small>(47286)</small>
1. Sos <small>(47302)</small>
1. Thouars-sur-Garonne <small>(47308)</small>
1. Vianne <small>(47318)</small>
1. Villefranche-du-Queyran <small>(47320)</small>
1. Xaintrailles <small>(47327)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|47195|Nérac|7,085|L'Albret|Albret Communauté|
|47052|Casteljaloux|4,638|Les Forêts de Gascogne|Les Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne|
|47143|Lavardac|2,213|Lavardac|Albret Communauté|
|47167|Mézin|1,578|L'Albret|Albret Communauté|
|47021|Barbaste|1,502|Lavardac|Albret Communauté|
|47043|Buzet-sur-Baïse|1,319|Lavardac|Albret Communauté|
|47078|Damazan|1,308|Lavardac|Le Confluent et des Coteaux de Prayssas|
|47318|Vianne|1,035|Lavardac|Albret Communauté|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department
- Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Nérac
- **insee**: 474
- **nbcomm**: 58
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Nérac
- **area**: 1400.3
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Nérac 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine