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The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot 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 Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
Villeneuve-sur-Lot | |
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![]() Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Lot-et-Garonne |
No. of communes | 92 |
Subprefecture | Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
Area | 1,559.7 km2 (602.2 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | 89,667 |
INSEE code | 473 |
When the Lot-et-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot was part of that original department.[1]
The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot is in the northeast of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of 1,559.7 km2 (602 sq mi),[2] the largest arrondissement of the department. It has 90,527 inhabitants and a population density of 58.0 inhabitants/km².[3]
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Dordogne department, to the east by the Lot department, to the southeast by the Tarn-et-Garonne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Agen and to the west by the arrondissement of Marmande.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Le Confluent, Le Pays de Serres and Le Val du Dropt. 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 | |||
4706 | Le Confluent | 19 | 1 | 20 | ||
4709 | Le Fumélois | 19 | 19 | |||
4710 | Le Haut agenais Périgord | 33 | 33 | |||
4712 | Le Livradais | 14 | 14 | |||
4716 | Le Pays de Serres | 15 | 8 | 23 | ||
4719 | Le Val du Dropt | 15 | 10 | 25 | ||
4720 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot-1 | 1 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 1 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot | |||
4721 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2 | 5 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 5 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot has 92 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population[3] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
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47323 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 23,263 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot-1 Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2 | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois |
47252 | Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot | 6,190 | Le Livradais | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois |
47106 | Fumel | 4,980 | Le Fumélois | Fumel Vallée du Lot |
47215 | Pujols | 3,635 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2 | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois |
47027 | Bias | 3,089 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2 | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois |
47185 | Montayral | 2,776 | Le Fumélois | Fumel Vallée du Lot |
47049 | Casseneuil | 2,349 | Le Livradais | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois |
47203 | Penne-d'Agenais | 2,342 | Le Pays de Serres | Fumel Vallée du Lot |
47175 | Monflanquin | 2,312 | Le Haut agenais Périgord | Les Bastides en Haut-Agenais Périgord |
47280 | Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot | 2,296 | Le Pays de Serres | Fumel Vallée du Lot |
47179 | Monsempron-Libos | 2,085 | Le Fumélois | Fumel Vallée du Lot |
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