Nérac Explained

Nérac
Commune Status:Subprefecture and commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Nerac (LotGaronne).svg
Arrondissement:Nérac
Canton:L'Albret
Insee:47195
Postal Code:47600
Intercommunality:Albret Communauté
Coordinates:44.1361°N 0.3403°W
Elevation M:71
Elevation Min M:38
Elevation Max M:191
Area Km2:62.68

Nérac (in French pronounced as /neʁak/; Occitan (post 1500);: Nerac, in Occitan (post 1500); pronounced as /neˈɾa/) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in Nérac, as was the former Arsenal and Bordeaux footballer Marouane Chamakh, as was Admiral Francois Darlan.

Nérac was visited by author Joanne Harris as a child, and was influential in the setting of her best-known novel, Chocolat.[1]

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  1. News: Author Joanne Harris: My love affair with France . BreakingNews.ie . 2 May 2019.