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Nérac (; , ) is a commune in the
Lot-et-Garonne Lot-et-Garonne (, ) 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, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in Nérac, as was the former
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footballer Marouane Chamakh and Admiral Francois Darlan. Nérac was visited by author
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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 2025):


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Town council website
Communes of Lot-et-Garonne Subprefectures in France Lot-et-Garonne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{LotGaronne-geo-stub