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.

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 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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Nérac INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Agen  Marmande  Villeneuve-sur-Lot  Nérac4705 L'Albret22224708 Les Forêts de Gascogne1616324711 Lavardac2020

Communes
The arrondissement of Nérac has 58 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

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