Arrondissement of Marmande

The arrondissement of Marmande 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 Marmande.

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Marmande has an area of . It has 83,245 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is in the northwest of Lot-et-Garonne and is bordered to the north by the Dordogne department, to the east by the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Agen, to the south by the arrondissement of Nérac and to the west by the Gironde department.

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 Marmande, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Les Forêts de Gascogne 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 Marmande INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Agen  Marmande  Villeneuve-sur-Lot  Nérac4707 Les Coteaux de Guyenne34344708 Les Forêts de Gascogne1616324713 Marmande-19 + part of Marmande9 + part of Marmande4714 Marmande-210 + part of Marmande10 + part of Marmande4718 Tonneins13134719 Le Val du Dropt151025

Communes
The arrondissement of Marmande has 98 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Agmé (47002)
 Agnac (47003)
 Allemans-du-Dropt (47005)
 Antagnac (47010)
 Argenton (47013)
 Armillac (47014)
 Auriac-sur-Dropt (47018)
 Baleyssagues (47020)
 Beaupuy (47024)
 Birac-sur-Trec (47028)
 Bouglon (47034)
 Bourgougnague (47035)
 Brugnac (47042)
 Calonges (47046)
 Cambes (47047)
 Castelmoron-sur-Lot (47054)
 Castelnau-sur-Gupie (47056)
 Caubon-Saint-Sauveur (47059)
 Caumont-sur-Garonne (47061)
 Clairac (47065)
 Cocumont (47068)
 Coulx (47071)
 Couthures-sur-Garonne (47074)
 Duras (47086)
 Escassefort (47088)
 Esclottes (47089)
 Fauguerolles (47094)
 Fauillet (47095)
 Fourques-sur-Garonne (47101)
 Gaujac (47108)
 Gontaud-de-Nogaret (47110)
 Grateloup-Saint-Gayrand (47112)
 Grézet-Cavagnan (47114)
 Guérin (47115)
 Hautesvignes (47118)
 Jusix (47120)
 La Sauvetat-du-Dropt (47290)
 Labastide-Castel-Amouroux (47121)
 Labretonie (47122)
 Lachapelle (47126)
 Lafitte-sur-Lot (47127)
 Lagruère (47130)
 Lagupie (47131)
 Laparade (47135)
 Laperche (47136)
 Lauzun (47142)
 Lavergne (47144)
 Le Mas-d'Agenais (47159)
 Longueville (47150)
 Loubès-Bernac (47151)
 Lévignac-de-Guyenne (47147)
 Marcellus (47156)
 Marmande (47157)
 Mauvezin-sur-Gupie (47163)
 Meilhan-sur-Garonne (47165)
 Miramont-de-Guyenne (47168)
 Monteton (47187)
 Montignac-Toupinerie (47189)
 Montignac-de-Lauzun (47188)
 Montpouillan (47191)
 Moustier (47194)
 Pardaillan (47199)
 Peyrière (47204)
 Poussignac (47212)
 Puymiclan (47216)
 Puysserampion (47218)
 Romestaing (47224)
 Roumagne (47226)
 Ruffiac (47227)
 Saint-Astier (47229)
 Saint-Avit (47231)
 Saint-Barthélemy-d'Agenais (47232)
 Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun (47235)
 Saint-Géraud (47245)
 Saint-Jean-de-Duras (47247)
 Saint-Martin-Petit (47257)
 Saint-Pardoux-Isaac (47264)
 Saint-Pardoux-du-Breuil (47263)
 Saint-Pierre-sur-Dropt (47271)
 Saint-Sauveur-de-Meilhan (47277)
 Saint-Sernin (47278)
 Sainte-Bazeille (47233)
 Sainte-Colombe-de-Duras (47236)
 Sainte-Gemme-Martaillac (47244)
 Sainte-Marthe (47253)
 Samazan (47285)
 Savignac-de-Duras (47294)
 Ségalas (47296)
 Sénestis (47298)
 Seyches (47301)
 Soumensac (47303)
 Taillebourg (47304)
 Tonneins (47310)
 Varès (47316)
 Verteuil-d'Agenais (47317)
 Villeneuve-de-Duras (47321)
 Villeton (47325)
 Virazeil (47326)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 47157  Marmande  17,748  Marmande-1Marmande-2  Val de Garonne Agglomération 47310  Tonneins  8,973  Tonneins  Val de Garonne Agglomération 47168  Miramont-de-Guyenne  3,184  Le Val du Dropt  Le Pays de Lauzun 47233  Sainte-Bazeille  3,143  Marmande-1  Val de Garonne Agglomération 47065  Clairac  2,592  Tonneins  Val de Garonne Agglomération 47326  Virazeil  1,742  Marmande-2  Val de Garonne Agglomération 47054  Castelmoron-sur-Lot  1,731  Tonneins  Lot et Tolzac 47110  Gontaud-de-Nogaret  1,670  Marmande-2  Val de Garonne Agglomération 47024  Beaupuy  1,631  Marmande-1  Val de Garonne Agglomération

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

References

Marmande