Country France Time zone CET (UTC+1) Arrondissements 4 Prefecture Agen Capital Agen | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Department number 47 Area 5,361 km² Population 333,180 (2013) Team SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne | |
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Subprefectures Marmande
Nérac
Villeneuve-sur-Lot Points of interest Garonne, Château de Bonaguil, Walibi Sud‑Ouest, Château de Duras, Plum Village Destinations Agen, Marmande, Villeneuve‑sur‑Lot, Monflanquin, Nérac | ||
French property for sale in aquitaine lot et garonne 47
Lot-et-Garonne ([lɔt‿e ɡaʁɔn], Occitan: Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.
Contents
- French property for sale in aquitaine lot et garonne 47
- Map of Lot et Garonne France
- History
- Geography
- Economy
- Demographics
- References
Map of Lot-et-Garonne, France
French property for sale in aquitaine lot et garonne 47
History
Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original eighty-three departments created on March 4, 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.
Geography
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 by 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 the sand. It's composed by maritime pines. Between the forest and Agen, there is the Albret, a country very hilly.
Economy
Food-processing, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals are all major industries of the department.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Lot-et-Garonnais.