Lot-et-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne () is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.

History
Lot-et-Garonne was formed during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790 with parts of the old provinces of Guyenne and Gascony. It was divided into nine districts: Agen, Nérac, Marmande, Tonneins, Villeneuve, Lauzun, Monflanquin, Casteljaloux and Valence.

Agen and Aiguillon were alternatively the capital of the department but in 1791 it was decided that only Agen would be the capital.

Several of the original southeastern cantons in the arrondissements of Agen and Villeneuve-sur-Lot were separated from it in 1808 to become a part of the newly created department of Tarn-et-Garonne.

Geography
Lot-et-Garonne is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France, with an area of .

The departement is surrounded by two regions and six departments:
 Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
 Dordogne to the north;
 Landes to the southwest
 Gironde to the west.
 Occitanie region
 Lot to the northeast;
 Tarn-et-Garonne to the east:
 Gers to the south.

The main rivers in the Lot-et-Garonne are the Garonne river that flows through the south central part of the department, and the Lot river that flows through the northern regions of the department before joining, as a right tributary, the Garonne near the Aiguillon commune.

Other river is the Baïse, a left tributary of the Garonne.

In the west of the department, mainly in the arrondissement of Nérac, there is a forest of maritime pine like in the Landes department.

 Climate 
The climate of Estillac, where is the Agen La Garenne Airport, is Marine West Coast Climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers.

The average temperature for the year in Estillac is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Estillac is . The month with the most precipitation on average is December with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is April with an average of .

Administration
The department is managed by the Departamental Council of Lot-et-Garonne in Agen. Lot-et-Garonne is part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Administrative divisions
There are 4 arrondissements (districts), 21 cantons and 319 communes (municipalities) in Lot-et-Garonne.

 INSEEcode  Arrondissement  Capital  Population(2014) Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²)  Communes 471  Agen  Agen  120,235  1,013.3    71 472  Marmande  Marmande  83,245  1,387.7    98 473  Villeneuve-sur-Lot  Villeneuve-sur-Lot  90,527  1,559.7    92 474  Nérac  Nérac  39,227  1,400.3    58

The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Lot-et-Garonne department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:

 Agen-1 (4701)
 Agen-2 (4702)
 Agen-3 (4703)
 Agen-4 (4704)
 L'Albret (4705)
 Le Confluent (4706)
 Les Coteaux de Guyenne (4707)
 Les Forêts de Gascogne (4708)
 Le Fumélois (4709)
 Le Haut Agenais Périgord (4710)
 Lavardac (4711)
 Le Livradais (4712)
 Marmande-1 (4713)
 Marmande-2 (4714)
 L'Ouest agenais (4715)
 Le Pays de Serres (4716)
 Le Sud-Est agenais (4717)
 Tonneins (4718)
 Le Val du Dropt (4719)
 Villeneuve-sur-Lot-1 (4720)
 Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2 (4721)

Demographics
The inhabitants of Lot-et-Garonne are known, in French, as Lot-et-Garonnais (women: Lot-et-Garonnaises).

The department of Lot-et-Garonne has a population, in 2014, of 333,234, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Agen, with 120,235 inhabitants, is by far the largest. The other three, Marmande, Villeneuve-sur-Lot and Nérac, have respectively 83,245, 90,527 and 39,227 inhabitants.

Evolution of the population in Lot-et-Garonne

The 10 main cities in the department are:

 City  Population  (2014) Arrondissement Agen  34,126  Agen Villeneuve-sur-Lot  23,263  Villeneuve-sur-Lot Marmande  17,748  Marmande Le Passage 9,546  Agen Tonneins  8,973  Marmande Nérac  7,085  Nérac Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot  6,190  Villeneuve-sur-Lot Bon-Encontre  6,166  Agen Boé  5,552  Agen Foulayronnes  5,262  Agen

Gallery

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

References

Other websites

 Departamental Council of Lot-et-Garonne 
 Prefecture official website  
 Chamber of Commerce and Industry website 

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