Arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot

The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot 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 Villeneuve-sur-Lot.

History
When the Lot-et-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot is in the northeast of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of , the largest arrondissement of the department. It has 90,527 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Dordogne department, to the east by the Lot department, to the southeast by the Tarn-et-Garonne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Agen and to the west by the arrondissement of Marmande.

Composition
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 Villeneuve-sur-Lot, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Le Confluent, Le Pays de Serres and Le Val du Dropt. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Agen  Marmande  Villeneuve-sur-Lot  Nérac4706 Le Confluent191204709 Le Fumélois19194710 Le Haut agenais Périgord33334712 Le Livradais14144716 Le Pays de Serres158234719 Le Val du Dropt1510254720 Villeneuve-sur-Lot-11 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot1 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot4721 Villeneuve-sur-Lot-25 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot5 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Communes
The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot has 92 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Allez-et-Cazeneuve (47006)
 Anthé (47011)
 Auradou (47017)
 Beaugas (47023)
 Bias (47027)
 Blanquefort-sur-Briolance (47029)
 Boudy-de-Beauregard (47033)
 Bourlens (47036)
 Bournel (47037)
 Cahuzac (47044)
 Cancon (47048)
 Casseneuil (47049)
 Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe (47055)
 Castillonnès (47057)
 Cavarc (47063)
 Cazideroque (47064)
 Condezaygues (47070)
 Courbiac (47072)
 Cuzorn (47077)
 Dausse (47079)
 Dolmayrac (47081)
 Doudrac (47083)
 Douzains (47084)
 Dévillac (47080)
 Ferrensac (47096)
 Fongrave (47099)
 Frespech (47105)
 Fumel (47106)
 Gavaudun (47109)
 Hautefage-la-Tour (47117)
 La Sauvetat-sur-Lède (47291)
 Lacapelle-Biron (47123)
 Lacaussade (47124)
 Lalandusse (47132)
 Laussou (47141)
 Le Temple-sur-Lot (47306)
 Lougratte (47152)
 Lédat (47146)
 Masquières (47160)
 Massels (47161)
 Massoulès (47162)
 Mazières-Naresse (47164)
 Monbahus (47170)
 Monclar (47173)
 Monflanquin (47175)
 Monsempron-Libos (47179)
 Monségur (47178)
 Montagnac-sur-Lède (47181)
 Montastruc (47182)
 Montauriol (47183)
 Montaut (47184)
 Montayral (47185)
 Monviel (47192)
 Moulinet (47193)
 Pailloles (47198)
 Parranquet (47200)
 Paulhiac (47202)
 Penne-d'Agenais (47203)
 Pinel-Hauterive (47206)
 Pujols (47215)
 Rayet (47219)
 Rives (47223)
 Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba (47228)
 Saint-Aubin (47230)
 Saint-Eutrope-de-Born (47241)
 Saint-Front-sur-Lémance (47242)
 Saint-Georges (47328)
 Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal (47256)
 Saint-Maurice-de-Lestapel (47259)
 Saint-Pastour (47265)
 Saint-Quentin-du-Dropt (47272)
 Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot (47280)
 Saint-Vite (47283)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Fougères (47239)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Villeréal (47240)
 Sainte-Colombe-de-Villeneuve (47237)
 Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot (47252)
 Salles (47284)
 Sauveterre-la-Lémance (47292)
 Savignac-sur-Leyze (47295)
 Sembas (47297)
 Sérignac-Péboudou (47299)
 Thézac (47307)
 Tombebœuf (47309)
 Tourliac (47311)
 Tournon-d'Agenais (47312)
 Tourtrès (47313)
 Trentels (47315)
 Trémons (47314)
 Villebramar (47319)
 Villeneuve-sur-Lot (47323)
 Villeréal (47324)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 47323  Villeneuve-sur-Lot  23,263  Villeneuve-sur-Lot-1Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois 47252  Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot  6,190  Le Livradais  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois 47106  Fumel  4,980  Le Fumélois  Fumel Vallée du Lot 47215  Pujols  3,635  Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois 47027  Bias  3,089  Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois 47185  Montayral  2,776  Le Fumélois  Fumel Vallée du Lot 47049  Casseneuil  2,349  Le Livradais  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois 47203  Penne-d'Agenais  2,342  Le Pays de Serres  Fumel Vallée du Lot 47175  Monflanquin  2,312  Le Haut agenais Périgord  Les Bastides en Haut-Agenais Périgord 47280  Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot  2,296  Le Pays de Serres  Fumel Vallée du Lot 47179  Monsempron-Libos  2,085  Le Fumélois  Fumel Vallée du Lot
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department
 Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

References

Villeneuve-sur-Lot