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Lot-et-Garonne

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Lot-et-Garonne
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The Lot-et-Garonne coat of arms
Location
Location of Lot-et-Garonne in France
Administration
Département number: 47
Région: Aquitaine
Préfecture: Agen
Sub-Préfectures: Marmande
Nérac
Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Arrondissements: 4
Cantons: 40
Communes: 319
Conseiller Général: Michel Diefenbacher
Statistics
Population Ranked 72nd
 -1999 305,380
Population density: 57/km²
Land area¹: 5361 km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².
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Lot-et-Garonne is a département in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.

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[edit] History

Lot-et-Garonne was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne. Some of the original southeastern cantons were separated from it in 1808 to form the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.

[edit] Geography

Lot-et-Garonne is part of the current region of Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Gers, Landes, Gironde, and Dordogne.

[edit] Economy

Food-processing, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals are all major industries of the department.

[edit] Demographics

The inhabitants of the department are called Lot-et-Garonnais.

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