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.

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 .

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)

File:Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France.JPG|The city of Agen
File:Cloitre de Notre Dame de Marmande.JPG|Cloister of *Notre Dame*, Marmande
File:ChâteauDeNérac.jpg|Castle of Nérac
File:Villeneuve-sur-Lot.JPG|Villeneuve-sur-Lot and the Lot river

## 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**

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The 10 main cities in the department are:

## Gallery

File:Nérac 13.jpg|Nérac
File:Porte de Paris.jpg|*Tour de Paris*, Villeneuve-sur-Lot
File:Château d'Aiguillon -1.JPG|Castle of Aiguillon
File:Agen from canal.jpg|Agen, looking across the *Canal de Garonne*
File:Chateau de Duras 01.jpg|Castle of Duras

## 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