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Arrondissement of Marmande
Arrondissement of France
Location of Marmande in Lot-et-Garonne
Location of Marmande in Lot-et-Garonne
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Communes 98
Subprefecture Marmande
INSEE code 472
Area
 • Total 1,387.7 km2 (535.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 83,245
 • Density 59.9877/km2 (155.368/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Marmande is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot-et-Garonne département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and subpréfecture of the department, is the city of Marmande.

History

When the Lot-et-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Marmande was part of that original department.

Geography

The arrondissement of Marmande has an area of 1,387.7 km2 (536 sq mi). It has 83,245 inhabitants and a population density of 60.0 inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is in the northwest of Lot-et-Garonne and is bordered to the north by the Dordogne department, to the east by the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Agen, to the south by the arrondissement of Nérac and to the west by the Gironde department.

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Marmande, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Les Forêts de Gascogne and Le Val du Dropt. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Marmande
INSEE
Code		 Canton Arrondissements Total
Agen Marmande Villeneuve-sur-Lot Nérac
4707 Les Coteaux de Guyenne 34 34
4708 Les Forêts de Gascogne 16 16 32
4713 Marmande-1 9 + part of Marmande 9 + part of Marmande
4714 Marmande-2 10 + part of Marmande 10 + part of Marmande
4718 Tonneins 13 13
4719 Le Val du Dropt 15 10 25

Communes

The arrondissement of Marmande has 98 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

  1. Agmé (47002)
  2. Agnac (47003)
  3. Allemans-du-Dropt (47005)
  4. Antagnac (47010)
  5. Argenton (47013)
  6. Armillac (47014)
  7. Auriac-sur-Dropt (47018)
  8. Baleyssagues (47020)
  9. Beaupuy (47024)
  10. Birac-sur-Trec (47028)
  11. Bouglon (47034)
  12. Bourgougnague (47035)
  13. Brugnac (47042)
  14. Calonges (47046)
  15. Cambes (47047)
  16. Castelmoron-sur-Lot (47054)
  17. Castelnau-sur-Gupie (47056)
  18. Caubon-Saint-Sauveur (47059)
  19. Caumont-sur-Garonne (47061)
  20. Clairac (47065)
  21. Cocumont (47068)
  22. Coulx (47071)
  23. Couthures-sur-Garonne (47074)
  24. Duras (47086)
  25. Escassefort (47088)
  26. Esclottes (47089)
  27. Fauguerolles (47094)
  28. Fauillet (47095)
  29. Fourques-sur-Garonne (47101)
  30. Gaujac (47108)
  31. Gontaud-de-Nogaret (47110)
  32. Grateloup-Saint-Gayrand (47112)
  33. Grézet-Cavagnan (47114)
  34. Guérin (47115)
  35. Hautesvignes (47118)
  36. Jusix (47120)
  37. La Sauvetat-du-Dropt (47290)
  38. Labastide-Castel-Amouroux (47121)
  39. Labretonie (47122)
  40. Lachapelle (47126)
  41. Lafitte-sur-Lot (47127)
  42. Lagruère (47130)
  43. Lagupie (47131)
  44. Laparade (47135)
  45. Laperche (47136)
  46. Lauzun (47142)
  47. Lavergne (47144)
  48. Le Mas-d'Agenais (47159)
  49. Longueville (47150)
  50. Loubès-Bernac (47151)
  51. Lévignac-de-Guyenne (47147)
  52. Marcellus (47156)
  53. Marmande (47157)
  54. Mauvezin-sur-Gupie (47163)
  55. Meilhan-sur-Garonne (47165)
  56. Miramont-de-Guyenne (47168)
  57. Monteton (47187)
  58. Montignac-Toupinerie (47189)
  59. Montignac-de-Lauzun (47188)
  60. Montpouillan (47191)
  61. Moustier (47194)
  62. Pardaillan (47199)
  63. Peyrière (47204)
  64. Poussignac (47212)
  65. Puymiclan (47216)
  66. Puysserampion (47218)
  67. Romestaing (47224)
  68. Roumagne (47226)
  69. Ruffiac (47227)
  70. Saint-Astier (47229)
  71. Saint-Avit (47231)
  72. Saint-Barthélemy-d'Agenais (47232)
  73. Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun (47235)
  74. Saint-Géraud (47245)
  75. Saint-Jean-de-Duras (47247)
  76. Saint-Martin-Petit (47257)
  77. Saint-Pardoux-Isaac (47264)
  78. Saint-Pardoux-du-Breuil (47263)
  79. Saint-Pierre-sur-Dropt (47271)
  80. Saint-Sauveur-de-Meilhan (47277)
  81. Saint-Sernin (47278)
  82. Sainte-Bazeille (47233)
  83. Sainte-Colombe-de-Duras (47236)
  84. Sainte-Gemme-Martaillac (47244)
  85. Sainte-Marthe (47253)
  86. Samazan (47285)
  87. Savignac-de-Duras (47294)
  88. Ségalas (47296)
  89. Sénestis (47298)
  90. Seyches (47301)
  91. Soumensac (47303)
  92. Taillebourg (47304)
  93. Tonneins (47310)
  94. Varès (47316)
  95. Verteuil-d'Agenais (47317)
  96. Villeneuve-de-Duras (47321)
  97. Villeton (47325)
  98. Virazeil (47326)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
47157 Marmande 17,748 Marmande-1
Marmande-2		 Val de Garonne Agglomération
47310 Tonneins 8,973 Tonneins Val de Garonne Agglomération
47168 Miramont-de-Guyenne 3,184 Le Val du Dropt Le Pays de Lauzun
47233 Sainte-Bazeille 3,143 Marmande-1 Val de Garonne Agglomération
47065 Clairac 2,592 Tonneins Val de Garonne Agglomération
47326 Virazeil 1,742 Marmande-2 Val de Garonne Agglomération
47054 Castelmoron-sur-Lot 1,731 Tonneins Lot et Tolzac
47110 Gontaud-de-Nogaret 1,670 Marmande-2 Val de Garonne Agglomération
47024 Beaupuy 1,631 Marmande-1 Val de Garonne Agglomération

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