Lot-et-Garonne | |||
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Location of Lot-et-Garonne in France | |||
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Country | France | ||
Region | Aquitaine | ||
Prefecture | Agen | ||
Subprefectures | Marmande Nérac Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
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Government | |||
• President of the General Council | Pierre Camani (Socialist Party) | ||
Area1 | |||
• Total | 5,361 km2 (2,069.9 sq mi) | ||
Population (2007) | |||
• Total | 324,170 | ||
• Rank | 72nd | ||
• Density | 60.5/km2 (156.6/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Department number | 47 | ||
Arrondissements | 4 | ||
Cantons | 40 | ||
Communes | 319 | ||
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
Lot-et-Garonne (French: [lɔt‿e ɡaʁɔn], Occitan: Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.
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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.
Several of the original southeastern cantons in the arrondissements of Agen and Villeneuve-sur-Lot were separated from it in 1808 to become a part of the newly ceated department of Tarn-et-Garonne.
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.
Food-processing, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals are all major industries of the department.
The inhabitants of the department are called Lot-et-Garonnais.