Lot-et-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne Òlt e Garona  (Occitan)
Department of France
Top down, from left to right: prefecture building in Agen, Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe, Château de Lauzun and Château de Bonaguil
Coat of arms
Location of Lot-et-Garonne in France
Coordinates: 44°20′N 0°30′E / 44.333°N 0.500°E / 44.333; 0.500Coordinates: 44°20′N 0°30′E / 44.333°N 0.500°E / 44.333; 0.500
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Prefecture	Agen
Subprefectures	Marmande Nérac Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Sophie Borderie (PS)
Area 1
• Total	5,361 km2 (2,070 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	332,833
• Rank	70th
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	47
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	21
Communes	319
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Lot-et-Garonne (French pronunciation: [lɔt‿e ɡaʁɔn] (listen), Occitan: Òlt e Garona) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Lot River and Garonne River, it had a population of 332,833 in 2016. Its prefecture and largest city is Agen.

History[]

Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790, as a result of the French Revolution. It was created from part of the province of Guyenne and Gascony; originally the territory of the ancient county of Agenais constituted nearly the whole.

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.^{[citation needed]}

Geography[]

Map of Lot-et-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne is part of the current region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Gers, Landes, Gironde, and Dordogne. The north of the department is composed of limestone hills. Between Lot and Garonne, there is a plateau carved by many valleys. In the west of the department, the Landes forest is planted in sand. It's composed of maritime pines. Between the forest and Agen, there is the Albret, a very hilly country.

Politics[]

Departmental Council of Lot-et-Garonne[]

The Departmental Council of Lot-et-Garonne has 40 seats. In the 2015 departmental elections, the Socialist Party (PS) secured 25 seats while The Republicans (LR) won 15 seats. Sophie Borderie (PS) has presided over the assembly since 2019.

Members of the National Assembly[]

Lot-et-Garonne elected the following members of the National Assembly during the 2017 legislative election:

Economy[]

Food-processing, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals are all major industries of the department.

Demographics[]

The inhabitants of the department are called Lot-et-Garonnais.

Population development since 1801:

Tourism[]

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  Agen

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  Marmande

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  Villeneuve-sur-Lot

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  Duras

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  Nérac

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  Monflanquin

See also[]

• Cantons of the Lot-et-Garonne department
• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department
• Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Agen

References[]

External links[]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lot-et-Garonne.

• (in French) Prefecture website
• (in French) General Council website
• (in English) Lot-et-Garonne at Curlie
• (in French) Chamber of Commerce and Industry website