Aiguillon (; oc, Gulhon) is a
commune
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of the
Lot-et-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne (, oc, 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.[department
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in southwestern France. It lies near the confluence of the rivers
Lot
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and
Garonne
The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna
or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a ...
.
Aiguillon station
Aiguillon is a railway station in Aiguillon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Bordeaux–Sète railway. The station is served by TER
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has rail connections to Agen, Langon and Bordeaux.
The organist and composer
Marc de Ranse
François-Marie Dieudonné Marc, Baron de Ranse (20 April 1881 – 12 February 1951) was a French pianist, organist, maître de chapelle, choral conductor and composer.
Biographie
Born in Aiguillon in Aquitaine, Ranse was a student of Vincen ...
(1881–1951) was born in Aiguillon.
History
Attached to the English crown in 1318, it was conquered by
Du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin ( br, Beltram Gwesklin; 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander on the French side during the Hundred Years' ...
in 1370.
The future Jean II conducted a large-scale but unsuccessful
siege
A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition warfare, attrition, or a well-prepared assault. This derives from la, sedere, lit=to sit. Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity con ...
of the place in 1346.
In 1599 it was converted into a duchy of its own.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department
The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French department of Lot-et-Garonne.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):[Duke of Aiguillon
Duke of Aiguillon ( French: ''duc d'Aiguillon'') was a title of French nobility in the peerage of France, first created in 1599 by Henry IV of France for Henry of Lorraine, son of Charles, Duke of Mayenne. The title takes its name from the town o ...]
References
Communes of Lot-et-Garonne
Agenais
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