Nérac (; oc, Nerac, ) is a
commune in the
Lot-et-Garonne 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, ...
, Southwestern France. The composer and organist
Louis Raffy was born in Nérac, as was the former
Arsenal
An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...
and
Bordeaux footballer
Marouane Chamakh, as was Admiral
Francois Darlan.
Nérac was visited by author
Joanne Harris as a child, and was influential in the setting of her best-known novel, ''
Chocolat''.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department
References
External links
Town council website
Communes of Lot-et-Garonne
Subprefectures in France
Lot-et-Garonne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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