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History
Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original eighty-three departments created on March 4, 1790, as a result of the
French Revolution. It was created from part of the province of
Guyenne and
Gascony; originally the territory of the ancient
county of Agenais constituted nearly the whole.
Several of the original southeastern
cantons in the
arrondissements of
Agen and
Villeneuve-sur-Lot were separated from it in 1808 to become a part of the newly created department of
Tarn-et-Garonne.
Geography
Lot-et-Garonne is part of the current region of
Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes and is surrounded by the departments of
Lot,
Tarn-et-Garonne,
Gers,
Landes,
Gironde, and
Dordogne. The north of the department is composed by limestone hills. Between
Lot and
Garonne, there is a plateau carved by many valleys. In the west of the department, the
Landes forest is planted in the sand. It's composed by
maritime pines. Between the forest and
Agen, there is the
Albret, a country very hilly.
Economy
Food-processing, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals are all major industries of the department.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called
Lot-et-Garonnais.
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