Arrondissement of Nérac facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Nérac
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Location of Nérac in Lot-et-Garonne
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne |
| Communes | 58 |
| Subprefecture | Nérac |
| INSEE code | 474 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,400.3 km2 (540.7 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 39,227 |
| • Density | 28.0133/km2 (72.554/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Nérac is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot-et-Garonne département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and subpréfecture of the department, is the city of Nérac.
History
When the Lot-et-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Nérac was part of that original department. In 1926, the arrondissement was eliminated but, 1942, it became again an arrondissement
Geography
The arrondissement of Nérac is in the southwest of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of 1,400.3 km2 (541 sq mi). It has 39,227 inhabitants and a population density of 28.0 inhabitants/km².
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Marmande, to the east by the arrondissement of Agen, to the south by the Gers department, to the southwest by the Landes department and to the northwest by the Gironde department.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Nérac, there is only one canton where not all its "communes" are in the arrondissement: Les Forêts de Gascogne. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | |||
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| Agen | Marmande | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | Nérac | |||
| 4705 | L'Albret | 22 | 22 | |||
| 4708 | Les Forêts de Gascogne | 16 | 16 | 32 | ||
| 4711 | Lavardac | 20 | 20 | |||
Communes
The arrondissement of Nérac has 58 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
- Allons, Lot-et-Garonne (47007)
- Ambrus (47008)
- Andiran (47009)
- Anzex (47012)
- Barbaste (47021)
- Beauziac (47026)
- Boussès (47039)
- Bruch (47041)
- Buzet-sur-Baïse (47043)
- Calignac (47045)
- Casteljaloux (47052)
- Caubeyres (47058)
- Damazan (47078)
- Durance (47085)
- Espiens (47090)
- Fargues-sur-Ourbise (47093)
- Feugarolles (47097)
- Fieux (47098)
- Francescas (47102)
- Fréchou (47103)
- Houeillès (47119)
- La Réunion (47222)
- Lamontjoie (47133)
- Lannes (47134)
- Lasserre (47139)
- Lavardac (47143)
- Leyritz-Moncassin (47148)
- Moncaut (47172)
- Moncrabeau (47174)
- Mongaillard (47176)
- Monheurt (47177)
- Montagnac-sur-Auvignon (47180)
- Montesquieu (47186)
- Mézin (47167)
- Nomdieu (47197)
- Nérac (47195)
- Pindères (47205)
- Pompiey (47207)
- Pompogne (47208)
- Poudenas (47211)
- Puch-d'Agenais (47214)
- Razimet (47220)
- Réaup-Lisse (47221)
- Saint-Laurent (47249)
- Saint-Léger (47250)
- Saint-Léon (47251)
- Saint-Martin-Curton (47254)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Buzet (47267)
- Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon (47266)
- Saint-Vincent-de-Lamontjoie (47282)
- Sainte-Maure-de-Peyriac (47258)
- Saumont (47287)
- Sauméjan (47286)
- Sos (47302)
- Thouars-sur-Garonne (47308)
- Vianne (47318)
- Villefranche-du-Queyran (47320)
- Xaintrailles (47327)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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| 47195 | Nérac | 7,085 | L'Albret | Albret Communauté |
| 47052 | Casteljaloux | 4,638 | Les Forêts de Gascogne | Les Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne |
| 47143 | Lavardac | 2,213 | Lavardac | Albret Communauté |
| 47167 | Mézin | 1,578 | L'Albret | Albret Communauté |
| 47021 | Barbaste | 1,502 | Lavardac | Albret Communauté |
| 47043 | Buzet-sur-Baïse | 1,319 | Lavardac | Albret Communauté |
| 47078 | Damazan | 1,308 | Lavardac | Le Confluent et des Coteaux de Prayssas |
| 47318 | Vianne | 1,035 | Lavardac | Albret Communauté |
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Nérac para niños
