Arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot

The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot-et-Garonne departement in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and subprefecture 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:
Communes
The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot has 92 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Allez-et-Cazeneuve (47006)
Anthe (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)
Castillonnes (47057)
Cavarc (47063)
Cazideroque (47064)
Condezaygues (47070)
Courbiac (47072)
Cuzorn (47077)
Dausse (47079)
Dolmayrac (47081)
Doudrac (47083)
Douzains (47084)
Devillac (47080)
Ferrensac (47096)
Fongrave (47099)
Frespech (47105)
Fumel (47106)
Gavaudun (47109)
Hautefage-la-Tour (47117)
La Sauvetat-sur-Lede (47291)
Lacapelle-Biron (47123)
Lacaussade (47124)
Lalandusse (47132)
Laussou (47141)
Le Temple-sur-Lot (47306)
Lougratte (47152)
Ledat (47146)
Masquieres (47160)
Massels (47161)
Massoules (47162)
Mazieres-Naresse (47164)
Monbahus (47170)
Monclar (47173)
Monflanquin (47175)
Monsempron-Libos (47179)
Monsegur (47178)
Montagnac-sur-Lede (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-Lemance (47242)
Saint-Georges (47328)
Saint-Martin-de-Villereal (47256)
Saint-Maurice-de-Lestapel (47259)
Saint-Pastour (47265)
Saint-Quentin-du-Dropt (47272)
Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot (47280)
Saint-Vite (47283)
Saint-Etienne-de-Fougeres (47239)
Saint-Etienne-de-Villereal (47240)
Sainte-Colombe-de-Villeneuve (47237)
Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot (47252)
Salles (47284)
Sauveterre-la-Lemance (47292)
Savignac-sur-Leyze (47295)
Sembas (47297)
Serignac-Peboudou (47299)
Thezac (47307)
Tombeboeuf (47309)
Tourliac (47311)
Tournon-d'Agenais (47312)
Tourtres (47313)
Trentels (47315)
Tremons (47314)
Villebramar (47319)
Villeneuve-sur-Lot (47323)
Villereal (47324)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department
Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department
References
Villeneuve-sur-Lot