The arrondissement of Nérac is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France in 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 Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by t ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

. It has 58 communes. Its population is 39,020 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Nérac, and their INSEE codes, are: #

Allons, Lot-et-Garonne Allons is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *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 ...

(47007) # Ambrus (47008) #

Andiran Andiran () is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *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 com ...

(47009) #

Anzex Anzex is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *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 ...

(47012) #

Barbaste Barbaste (; oc, Barbasta) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French department of Lot-et-Ga ...

(47021) #

Beauziac Beauziac (; oc, Bausiac) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French department of Lot-et-Gar ...

(47026) # Boussès (47039) # Bruch (47041) #

Buzet-sur-Baïse Buzet-sur-Baïse (, literally ''Buzet on Baïse''; oc, Busèth) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. It stands on the ''voie verte'' cycle path between the Mediterranean and close to Bordeaux. Population See ...

(47043) # Calignac (47045) #

Casteljaloux Casteljaloux (; oc, Castèlgelós) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French department of Lot-et-Gar ...

(47052) # Caubeyres (47058) #

Damazan Damazan (; oc, Damasan) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *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 ...

(47078) #

Durance The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .Espiens (47090) # Fargues-sur-Ourbise (47093) # Feugarolles (47097) #

Fieux Fieux (; oc, Hius) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *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 commu ...

(47098) # Francescas (47102) #

Fréchou Fréchou (; oc, Lo Hrèisho) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. The town is known for being the site of the pseudo-apparitions that led to the founding of the dissident Traditionalist Catholic schismatic sect ...

(47103) # Houeillès (47119) # Lamontjoie (47133) # Lannes (47134) # Lasserre (47139) #

Lavardac Lavardac () is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *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 coo ...

(47143) # Leyritz-Moncassin (47148) # Mézin (47167) # Moncaut (47172) #

Moncrabeau Moncrabeau (; oc, Montcrabèu) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Moncrabeau is located on the Petite Baïse river, close to the D930. See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a ...

(47174) # Monheurt (47177) #

Montagnac-sur-Auvignon Montagnac-sur-Auvignon (; oc, Montanhac d'Auvinhon) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. The commune is about 17 km south west of Agen and a similar distance east of Barbaste. See also *Communes of the L ...

(47180) #

Montesquieu Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (; ; 18 January 168910 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher. He is the principa ...

(47186) # Montgaillard-en-Albret (47176) #

Nérac Nérac (; oc, Nerac, ) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in Nérac, as was the former Arsenal and Bordeaux footballer Marouane Chamakh, as was Admiral Francois Dar ...

(47195) # Nomdieu (47197) # Pindères (47205) # Pompiey (47207) # Pompogne (47208) #

Poudenas Poudenas is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *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 ...

(47211) #

Puch-d'Agenais Puch-d'Agenais is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *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 c ...

(47214) # Razimet (47220) # Réaup-Lisse (47221) # La Réunion (47222) # Sainte-Maure-de-Peyriac (47258) # Saint-Laurent (47249) # Saint-Léger (47250) # Saint-Léon (47251) # Saint-Martin-Curton (47254) #

Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon (; oc-gsc, Sent Pèr e Sent Simon) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French depar ...

(47266) #

Saint-Pierre-de-Buzet Saint-Pierre-de-Buzet (, literally ''Saint-Pierre of Buzet''; oc-gsc, Sent Per de Busèth) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of th ...

(47267) # Saint-Vincent-de-Lamontjoie (47282) # Sauméjan (47286) # Saumont (47287) #

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(47302) # Thouars-sur-Garonne (47308) #

Vianne Vianne (; Gascon: ''Viana'') is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. History The territories of Aquitania and Gascony were highly desirable lands and in order to protect and also control the people living there a ...

(47318) #

Villefranche-du-Queyran Villefranche-du-Queyran (; Gascon: ''Vilafranca deu Cairan'') is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French ...

(47320) # Xaintrailles (47327)

History

The arrondissement of Nérac was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942.Historique de Lot-et-Garonne
/ref> As a result of the reorganisation of the

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which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Nérac were, as of January 2015: # Casteljaloux # Damazan # Francescas # Houeillès #

# Mézin # Nérac

References

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