Aiguillon
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Commune of Aiguillon |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Aquitaine |
Department | Lot-et-Garonne |
Arrondissement | Agen |
Canton | Port-Sainte-Marie |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 22 m–168 m (avg. 41 m) |
Land area¹ | 28.28 km² |
Population² (1999) |
4,219 |
- Density | 149/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 47004/ 47190 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Aiguillon (or Auguillon) is a town and commune in France, in the Lot-et-Garonne département, arrondissement of Agen, near the two rivers that give name to the département.
[edit] History
Attached to the English crown in 1318, it was conquered by Du Guesclin in 1370. In 1599 it was converted in center of a duchy.
[edit] Demographics
Population in:
- 1962= 3409
- 1968= 3754
- 1975= 3867
- 1982= 4121
- 1990= 4169
- 1999= 4219
[edit] Dukes of Aiguillon
- Charles Duke of Mayenne 1599-1611
- Henry Duke of Mayenne 1611-1621 (son of Charles duke of Mayenne)
Incorporated to the French crown 1621-1638. Richelieu purchased this dukedom in 1638 and gave it to Marie Madeleine, the daughter of René Vignerot and his wife Françoise du Plessis, sister of Richelieu:
- Marie Madaleine De Vignerot De Plessis 1638-1675
- Terese d'Aiguillon 1675-1731 (niece of Marie Madaleine)
- Armand I d'Aiguillon 1731-1750 (nephew of Terese)
- Emmanuel-Armand 1750-1782 (son of Armand)
- Armand II d'Aiguillon 1782-1789 (son of Emmanuel-Armand)
Suppressed by the French Revolution 1789