Arrondissement of Agen

The Agen Arrondissement is an administrative district in the department of Lot- et- Garonne in the French region of Aquitaine.

History

On 4 March 1790, founded " Agen district " with the establishment of the department of Lot- et- Garonne, a, being the present arrondissement in parts. On February 17, 1800 from the district was established.

On November 4, 1808 parts of the arrondissement ( the cantons Auvillar and Valence ) the then newly founded Tarn- et- Garonne ( Midi-Pyrenees region ) were slammed.

From September 10 1926 to June 1, 1942 were part of the dissolved during this period arrondissement Arrondissement Nerac to Agen.

Geography

The district is bordered to the north by the district of Villeneuve -sur -Lot, on the east by the district Castelsarrasin in Tarn- et- Garonne (Midi- Pyrénées), to the south by the district Condom in Gers, Midi-Pyrenees, and also in west on the arrondissements Nerac and Marmande.

Management

The district is subdivided into 12 cantons:

Agen Centre
Agen - North
Agen -Nord -Est
Agen -Ouest
Astaffort
Beauville
Laplume
Laroque- Timbaut
Port-Sainte -Marie
Prayssas
Puymirol

See also: List of cantons in the department of Lot- et- Garonne

Communities

The largest municipalities are the arrondissement ( > 5,000 inhabitants (1999)):

Agen ( 30,170 )
Le Passage ( 8827 )
Bon Encontre ( 5,759 )

Arrondissement in Aquitaine
Lot- et- Garonne

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