Arrondissement of Nérac explained

Type:	arr
Nérac
Insee:	474
Nbcomm:	58
Prefecture:	n
Seat:	Nérac
Area:	1400.3

The arrondissement of Nérac is an arrondissement of France in the Lot-et-Garonne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 58 communes. Its population is 39,020 (2016), and its area is 1400.3km2.^[1]

Composition

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

1. Allons, Lot-et-Garonne (47007)
2. Ambrus (47008)
3. Andiran (47009)
4. Anzex (47012)
5. Barbaste (47021)
6. Beauziac (47026)
7. Boussès (47039)
8. Bruch (47041)
9. Buzet-sur-Baïse (47043)
10. Calignac (47045)
11. Casteljaloux (47052)
12. Caubeyres (47058)
13. Damazan (47078)
14. Durance (47085)
15. Espiens (47090)
16. Fargues-sur-Ourbise (47093)
17. Feugarolles (47097)
18. Fieux (47098)
19. Francescas (47102)
20. Fréchou (47103)
21. Houeillès (47119)
22. Lamontjoie (47133)
23. Lannes (47134)
24. Lasserre (47139)
25. Lavardac (47143)
26. Leyritz-Moncassin (47148)
27. Mézin (47167)
28. Moncaut (47172)
29. Moncrabeau (47174)
30. Monheurt (47177)
31. Montagnac-sur-Auvignon (47180)
32. Montesquieu (47186)
33. Montgaillard-en-Albret (47176)
34. Nérac (47195)
35. Nomdieu (47197)
36. Pindères (47205)
37. Pompiey (47207)
38. Pompogne (47208)
39. Poudenas (47211)
40. Puch-d'Agenais (47214)
41. Razimet (47220)
42. Réaup-Lisse (47221)
43. La Réunion (47222)
44. Sainte-Maure-de-Peyriac (47258)
45. Saint-Laurent (47249)
46. Saint-Léger (47250)
47. Saint-Léon (47251)
48. Saint-Martin-Curton (47254)
49. Saint-Pé-Saint-Simon (47266)
50. Saint-Pierre-de-Buzet (47267)
51. Saint-Vincent-de-Lamontjoie (47282)
52. Sauméjan (47286)
53. Saumont (47287)
54. Sos (47302)
55. Thouars-sur-Garonne (47308)
56. Vianne (47318)
57. Villefranche-du-Queyran (47320)
58. Xaintrailles (47327)

History

The arrondissement of Nérac was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942.^[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 Nérac were, as of January 2015:^[4]

1. Casteljaloux
2. Damazan
3. Francescas
4. Houeillès
5. Lavardac
6. Mézin
7. Nérac

References

44.1333°N 20°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-01. INSEE.
2. Web site: Arrondissement de Nérac (474). 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.