Lot-et-Garonne

Template:Short description Template:Infobox settlement Lot-et-Garonne (Template:IPA, Template:Langx) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the rivers Lot and Garonne, it had a population of 331,271 in 2019.<ref name=pop2019>Populations légales 2019: 47 Lot-et-Garonne, INSEE</ref> 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.

The southeastern part of the original department (the former cantons of Auvillar, Montaigu-de-Quercy and Valence) was separated from it in 1808 to become a part of the newly created department of Tarn-et-Garonne.<ref name=splaf/>

Geography

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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 is composed of maritime pines. Between the forest and Agen, there is the Albret, a very hilly country.

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Agen, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are five communes with more than 7,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2019/>

Commune	Population (2019)
Agen	32,602
Villeneuve-sur-Lot	21,742
Marmande	17,421
Le Passage	9,400
Tonneins	9,130

Demographics

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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:

Constituency		Member<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Lot-et-Garonne's 1st constituency	Michel Lauzzana	La République En Marche!
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Lot-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency	Alexandre Freschi	La République En Marche!
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency	Olivier Damaisin	La République En Marche!

Economy

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

Tourism

References

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