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Lot-et-Garonne

*Òlt e Garona* (Occitan)
Lot-et-Garonne Òlt e Garona (Occitan)
Department of France
	Top down, from left to right: prefecture building in Agen, Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe, Château de Lauzun and Château de Bonaguil
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Lot-et-Garonne in France
	Coordinates: 44°20′N 0°30′E / 44.333°N 0.500°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Prefecture	Agen
Subprefectures	Marmande; Nérac; Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Sophie Borderie (PS)
Area 1
• Total	5,361 km2 (2,070 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	332,226
• Rank	71st
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	47
Arrondissements	4
Cantons	21
Communes	319
	^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Lot-et-Garonne (French pronunciation: [lɔt e ɡaʁɔn] ^ⓘ, Occitan: Òlt e Garona) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the rivers Lot and Garonne, it had a population of 331,271 in 2019.^[3] Its prefecture and largest city is Agen.

History

Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created on 4 March 1790, as a result of the French Revolution. It was created from part of the province of Guyenne and Gascony; originally the territory of the ancient county of Agenais constituted nearly the whole.

The southeastern part of the original department (the former cantons of Auvillar, Montaigu-de-Quercy and Valence) was separated from it in 1808 to become a part of the newly created department of Tarn-et-Garonne.^[4]

Geography

Lot-et-Garonne is part of the current region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Gers, Landes, Gironde, and Dordogne. The north of the department is composed of limestone hills. Between Lot and Garonne, there is a plateau carved by many valleys. In the west of the department, the Landes forest is planted in sand. It is composed of maritime pines. Between the forest and Agen, there is the Albret, a very hilly country.

Principal towns

The most populous commune is Agen, the prefecture. As of 2019, there are five communes with more than 7,000 inhabitants:^[3]

Commune	Population (2019)
Agen	32,602
Villeneuve-sur-Lot	21,742
Marmande	17,421
Le Passage	9,400
Tonneins	9,130

Demographics

The inhabitants of the department are called Lot-et-Garonnais.

Population development since 1801:

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1801	298,940	—
1806	327,444	+1.84%
1821	330,121	+0.05%
1831	346,885	+0.50%
1841	347,073	+0.01%
1851	341,345	−0.17%
1861	332,065	−0.28%
1872	319,289	−0.36%
1881	312,081	−0.25%
1891	295,360	−0.55%
1901	278,740	−0.58%
1911	268,083	−0.39%
1921	239,972	−1.10%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1931	247,500	+0.31%
1936	252,761	+0.42%
1946	265,449	+0.49%
1954	265,549	+0.00%
1962	275,028	+0.44%
1968	290,592	+0.92%
1975	292,616	+0.10%
1982	298,522	+0.29%
1990	305,989	+0.31%
1999	305,380	−0.02%
2006	322,283	+0.77%
2016	332,833	+0.32%
2020	330,844	−0.15%

Sources:^[4]^[5]

Politics

Departmental Council of Lot-et-Garonne

The Departmental Council of Lot-et-Garonne has 40 seats. In the 2015 departmental elections, the Socialist Party (PS) secured 25 seats while The Republicans (LR) won 15 seats. Sophie Borderie (PS) has presided over the assembly since 2019.

Members of the National Assembly

Lot-et-Garonne elected the following members of the National Assembly during the 2017 legislative election:

	Member^[6]	Party
Lot-et-Garonne's 1st constituency	Michel Lauzzana	La République En Marche!
Lot-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency	Alexandre Freschi	La République En Marche!
Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency	Olivier Damaisin	La République En Marche!