Arrondissement of Agen explained

Type:arr
Agen
Insee:471
Nbcomm:71
Prefecture:y
Seat:Agen
Area:1013.3

The arrondissement of Agen is an arrondissement of France in the Lot-et-Garonne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 71 communes. Its population is 120,499 (2016), and its area is 1013.3km2.[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Agen, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  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. Boé (47031)
  10. Bon-Encontre (47032)
  11. Bourran (47038)
  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. La Croix-Blanche (47075)
  23. Cuq (47076)
  24. Dondas (47082)
  25. Engayrac (47087)
  26. Estillac (47091)
  27. Fals (47092)
  28. Foulayronnes (47100)
  29. Frégimont (47104)
  30. Galapian (47107)
  31. Granges-sur-Lot (47111)
  32. Grayssas (47113)
  33. Lacépède (47125)
  34. Lafox (47128)
  35. Lagarrigue (47129)
  36. Laplume (47137)
  37. Laroque-Timbaut (47138)
  38. Laugnac (47140)
  39. Layrac (47145)
  40. Lusignan-Petit (47154)
  41. Madaillan (47155)
  42. Marmont-Pachas (47158)
  43. Moirax (47169)
  44. Monbalen (47171)
  45. Montpezat (47190)
  46. Nicole (47196)
  47. Le Passage (47201)
  48. Pont-du-Casse (47209)
  49. Port-Sainte-Marie (47210)
  50. Prayssas (47213)
  51. Puymirol (47217)
  52. Roquefort (47225)
  53. Saint-Caprais-de-Lerm (47234)
  54. Sainte-Colombe-en-Bruilhois (47238)
  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. Sauvagnas (47288)
  68. La Sauvetat-de-Savères (47289)
  69. Sauveterre-Saint-Denis (47293)
  70. Sérignac-sur-Garonne (47300)
  71. Tayrac (47305)

History

The arrondissement of Agen was created in 1800.[3]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France 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 Agen were, as of January 2015:[4]

  1. Agen-Centre
  2. Agen-Nord
  3. Agen-Nord-Est
  4. Agen-Ouest
  5. Agen-Sud-Est
  6. Astaffort
  7. Beauville
  8. Laplume
  9. Laroque-Timbaut
  10. Port-Sainte-Marie
  11. Prayssas
  12. Puymirol

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-01. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement d’Agen (471). 2019-10-01. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/47his.html Historique de Lot-et-Garonne
  4. Web site: Populations légales 2012: 47 Lot-et-Garonne. December 2014. INSEE.

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