Arrondissement of Nérac

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.

Nérac
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
No. of communes	58
Subprefecture	Nérac
Area	1,400.3 km2 (540.7 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	38,521
INSEE code	474

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^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Nérac is in the southwest of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of 1,400.3 square kilometres (541 square miles).^[3] It has 39,227 inhabitants and a population density of 28.0 inhabitants/km².^[4]

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,^[5] 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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Nérac

INSEE Code	Canton	Arrondissements				Total
		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):^[6]

1. Allons, Lot-et-Garonne (47007)
2. Ambrus (47008)
3. Andiran (47009)
4. Anzex (47012)
5. Barbaste (47021)
6. Beauziac (47026)
7. Boussès (47039)
8. Bruch (47041)
9. Buzet-sur-Baïse (47043)
10. Calignac (47045)
11. Casteljaloux (47052)
12. Caubeyres (47058)
13. Damazan (47078)
14. Durance (47085)
15. Espiens (47090)
16. Fargues-sur-Ourbise (47093)
17. Feugarolles (47097)
18. Fieux (47098)
19. Francescas (47102)
20. Fréchou (47103)
21. Houeillès (47119)
22. La Réunion (47222)
23. Lamontjoie (47133)
24. Lannes (47134)
25. Lasserre (47139)
26. Lavardac (47143)
27. Leyritz-Moncassin (47148)
28. Moncaut (47172)
29. Moncrabeau (47174)
30. Mongaillard (47176)
31. Monheurt (47177)
32. Montagnac-sur-Auvignon (47180)
33. Montesquieu (47186)
34. Mézin (47167)
35. Nomdieu (47197)
36. Nérac (47195)
37. Pindères (47205)
38. Pompiey (47207)
39. Pompogne (47208)
40. Poudenas (47211)
41. Puch-d'Agenais (47214)
42. Razimet (47220)
43. Réaup-Lisse (47221)
44. Saint-Laurent (47249)
45. Saint-Léger (47250)
46. Saint-Léon (47251)
47. Saint-Martin-Curton (47254)
48. Saint-Pierre-de-Buzet (47267)
49. Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon (47266)
50. Saint-Vincent-de-Lamontjoie (47282)
51. Sainte-Maure-de-Peyriac (47258)
52. Saumont (47287)
53. Sauméjan (47286)
54. Sos (47302)
55. Thouars-sur-Garonne (47308)
56. Vianne (47318)
57. Villefranche-du-Queyran (47320)
58. Xaintrailles (47327)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[4] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
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

• Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department
• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
2. "Historique de Lot-et-Garonne". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
3. "Arrondissement de Nérac (474)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
5. "Décret n° 2014-257 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Lot-et-Garonne" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
6. "Arrondissement de Nérac (474)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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