page_title: Lot-et-Garonne
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Lot-et-Garonne / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Carte du département Lot-et-Garonne Légende&#160;:
context_page_description: Lot-et-Garonne is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Lot River and Garonne River, it had a population of 332,833 in 2016. Its prefecture and largest city is Agen.
context_section_description: Lot-et-Garonne is part of the current region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Gers, Landes, Gironde, and Dordogne.
  The north of the department is composed of limestone hills. Between Lot and Garonne, there is a plateau carved by many valleys. In the west of the department, the Landes forest is planted in sand. It's composed of maritime pines. Between the forest and Agen, there is the Albret, a very hilly country.
caption: Map of Lot-et-Garonne
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