Lot-et-Garonne (lôt-ā-gârôn'), department (1990 pop. 306,900), in Agenais and parts of Bazadais and Bezaume, SW France. Agen is the capital.
Lot-et-Garonne
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| Department number: | 47 |
| Region: | Aquitaine |
| Prefecture: | Agen |
| Subprefectures: | Marmande Nérac Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 40 |
| Communes: | 319 |
| President of the General Council: | Pierre Camani Socialist Party |
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| Population | Ranked 72nd |
| -1999 | 305,380 |
| Population density: | 57/km2 |
| Land area¹: | 5361 km2 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |
Lot-et-Garonne (Occitan: Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.
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History
Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne. Some of the original southeastern cantons were separated from it in 1808 to form the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.
Geography
Lot-et-Garonne is part of the current region of Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Gers, Landes, Gironde, and Dordogne.
Economy
Food-processing, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals are all major industries of the department.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Lot-et-Garonnais.
See also
- Cantons of the Lot-et-Garonne department
- Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department
- Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Lot-et-Garonne at the Open Directory Project
- (French) Chamber of Commerce and Industry website
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