Arrondissement of Agen

The arrondissement of Agen is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot-et-Garonne département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Agen.

Agen
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLot-et-Garonne
No. of communes71
PrefectureAgen
Area
1,013.3 km2 (391.2 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
119,981
INSEE code471

History

When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Agen was one of them in the Lot-et-Garonne department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the arrondissement Villeneuve-sur-Lot, to the east by the Tarn-et-Garonne department, to the south by the Gers department, to the west by the arrondissement Nérac and to the northwest by the arrondissement Marmande.

It is in the southeast of the department and it is the smallest of the arrondissements of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of 1,013.3 km2 (391 sq mi),[3] and a population of 120,235 inhabitants; its population density is of 118.7 inhabitants/km².[4]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Agen, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Le Confluent and Le Pays de Serres. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Agen
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
AgenMarmandeVilleneuve-sur-LotNérac
4701Agen-13 + part of Agen3 + part of Agen
4702Agen-22 + part of Agen2 + part of Agen
4703Agen-3part of Agenpart of Agen
4704Agen-41 + part of Agen1 + part of Agen
4706Le Confluent19120
4715L'Ouest agenais1111
4716Le Pays de Serres15823
4717Le Sud-Est agenais1919

Communes

The arrondissement of Agen has 71 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Agen (47001)
  2. Aiguillon (47004)
  3. Astaffort (47015)
  4. Aubiac (47016)
  5. Bajamont (47019)
  6. Bazens (47022)
  7. Beauville (47025)
  8. Blaymont (47030)
  9. Bon-Encontre (47032)
  10. Bourran (47038)
  11. Boé (47031)
  12. Brax (47040)
  13. Cassignas (47050)
  14. Castelculier (47051)
  15. Castella (47053)
  16. Caudecoste (47060)
  17. Cauzac (47062)
  18. Clermont-Dessous (47066)
  19. Clermont-Soubiran (47067)
  20. Colayrac-Saint-Cirq (47069)
  21. Cours (47073)
  22. Cuq (47076)
  23. Dondas (47082)
  24. Engayrac (47087)
  25. Estillac (47091)
  26. Fals (47092)
  27. Foulayronnes (47100)
  28. Frégimont (47104)
  29. Galapian (47107)
  30. Granges-sur-Lot (47111)
  31. Grayssas (47113)
  32. La Croix-Blanche (47075)
  33. La Sauvetat-de-Savères (47289)
  34. Lacépède (47125)
  35. Lafox (47128)
  36. Lagarrigue (47129)
  37. Laplume (47137)
  38. Laroque-Timbaut (47138)
  39. Laugnac (47140)
  40. Layrac (47145)
  41. Le Passage (47201)
  42. Lusignan-Petit (47154)
  43. Madaillan (47155)
  44. Marmont-Pachas (47158)
  45. Moirax (47169)
  46. Monbalen (47171)
  47. Montpezat (47190)
  48. Nicole (47196)
  49. Pont-du-Casse (47209)
  50. Port-Sainte-Marie (47210)
  51. Prayssas (47213)
  52. Puymirol (47217)
  53. Roquefort (47225)
  54. Saint-Caprais-de-Lerm (47234)
  55. Saint-Hilaire-de-Lusignan (47246)
  56. Saint-Jean-de-Thurac (47248)
  57. Saint-Martin-de-Beauville (47255)
  58. Saint-Maurin (47260)
  59. Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Balerme (47262)
  60. Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac (47269)
  61. Saint-Robert (47273)
  62. Saint-Romain-le-Noble (47274)
  63. Saint-Salvy (47275)
  64. Saint-Sardos (47276)
  65. Saint-Sixte (47279)
  66. Saint-Urcisse (47281)
  67. Sainte-Colombe-en-Bruilhois (47238)
  68. Sauvagnas (47288)
  69. Sauveterre-Saint-Denis (47293)
  70. Sérignac-sur-Garonne (47300)
  71. Tayrac (47305)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
47001Agen34,126Agen-1, Agen-2
Agen-3, Agen-4		Agglomération d'Agen
47201Le Passage9,546Agen-4Agglomération d'Agen
47032Bon-Encontre6,166Agen-2Agglomération d'Agen
47031Boé5,552Agen-2Agglomération d'Agen
47100Foulayronnes5,262Agen-1Agglomération d'Agen
47004Aiguillon4,324Le ConfluentLe Confluent et des Coteaux de Prayssas
47209Pont-du-Casse4,208Agen-1Agglomération d'Agen
47145Layrac3,520Le Sud-Est agenaisAgglomération d'Agen
47069Colayrac-Saint-Cirq2,902L'Ouest agenaisAgglomération d'Agen

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique de Lot-et-Garonne". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. "Arrondissement d'Agen (471)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  5. "Décret n° 2014-257 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Lot-et-Garonne" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. "Arrondissement d'Agen (471)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

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