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| Coat of arms of the Lot-et-Garonne department | |
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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 |
| Statistics | |
| 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. The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Agen (aʒɛ̃ is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in the Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Marmande is a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne département, in southwestern France. Nérac is a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne département, in southwestern France. Villeneuve-sur-Lot (in the Gascon dialect of Occitan language Vilanuèva d'Olt) is a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 4 arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department are Arrondissement of Agen, ( prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 43 cantons of the Lot-et-Garonne department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 319 communes of the Lot-et-Garonne département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Lot-et-Garonne (Occitan: Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers and just north of the sphere of centre of Basque-cultural influence in the North of Spain and South of France. Occitan ( IPA BrE: /ˈɒksɪtn/ AmE: /ˈɑksəˌtɑn/ known also as Lenga d'òc or Langue d'oc (native name occitan In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Lot, originally the Olt ( Occitan: Òlt) is a River in France, right tributary of the Garonne. The Garonne (Garonne in Occitan, Catalan and Spanish: Garona; Garumna is a River in southwest France and northern Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
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History
Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from part of the provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne. Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of Gascony (Gascogne gaskɔɲ Gascon Occitan: Gasconha, pronounced) is an area of southwest France that constituted a province of France Some of the original southeastern cantons were separated from it in 1808 to form the department of Tarn-et-Garonne. The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. Tarn-et-Garonne is a French department in the southwest of France.
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. Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of Lot ( Occitan: Òlt) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot River. Tarn-et-Garonne is a French department in the southwest of France. The Gers ( French: le Gers, Occitan: Gers) is a department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest Landes ( Occitan: Lanas) is a département in southern France. Gironde (Gironda is a common name for the Gironde Estuary - sound where merge the mouths of the Garonne river and of the Dordogne river - and for Dordogne (Dordonha is a department in central France named after the Dordogne River.
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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