Arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot

The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot 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 Villeneuve-sur-Lot.

Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
No. of communes	92
Subprefecture	Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Area	1,559.7 km2 (602.2 sq mi)
Population  (2016)	89,667
INSEE code	473

History

When the Lot-et-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot was part of that original department.^[1]

Geography

The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot is in the northeast of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of 1,559.7 km² (602 sq mi),^[2] the largest arrondissement of the department. It has 90,527 inhabitants and a population density of 58.0 inhabitants/km².^[3]

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Dordogne department, to the east by the Lot department, to the southeast by the Tarn-et-Garonne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Agen and to the west by the arrondissement of Marmande.

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,^[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Le Confluent, Le Pays de Serres 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 Villeneuve-sur-Lot

INSEE Code	Canton	Arrondissements				Total
		Agen	Marmande	Villeneuve-sur-Lot	Nérac
4706	Le Confluent	19		1		20
4709	Le Fumélois			19		19
4710	Le Haut agenais Périgord			33		33
4712	Le Livradais			14		14
4716	Le Pays de Serres	15		8		23
4719	Le Val du Dropt		15	10		25
4720	Villeneuve-sur-Lot-1			1 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot		1 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot
4721	Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2			5 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot		5 + part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot

Communes

The arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot has 92 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):^[5]

1. Allez-et-Cazeneuve (47006)
2. Anthé (47011)
3. Auradou (47017)
4. Beaugas (47023)
5. Bias (47027)
6. Blanquefort-sur-Briolance (47029)
7. Boudy-de-Beauregard (47033)
8. Bourlens (47036)
9. Bournel (47037)
10. Cahuzac (47044)
11. Cancon (47048)
12. Casseneuil (47049)
13. Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe (47055)
14. Castillonnès (47057)
15. Cavarc (47063)
16. Cazideroque (47064)
17. Condezaygues (47070)
18. Courbiac (47072)
19. Cuzorn (47077)
20. Dausse (47079)
21. Dolmayrac (47081)
22. Doudrac (47083)
23. Douzains (47084)
24. Dévillac (47080)
25. Ferrensac (47096)
26. Fongrave (47099)
27. Frespech (47105)
28. Fumel (47106)
29. Gavaudun (47109)
30. Hautefage-la-Tour (47117)
31. La Sauvetat-sur-Lède (47291)
32. Lacapelle-Biron (47123)
33. Lacaussade (47124)
34. Lalandusse (47132)
35. Laussou (47141)
36. Le Temple-sur-Lot (47306)
37. Lougratte (47152)
38. Lédat (47146)
39. Masquières (47160)
40. Massels (47161)
41. Massoulès (47162)
42. Mazières-Naresse (47164)
43. Monbahus (47170)
44. Monclar (47173)
45. Monflanquin (47175)
46. Monsempron-Libos (47179)
47. Monségur (47178)
48. Montagnac-sur-Lède (47181)
49. Montastruc (47182)
50. Montauriol (47183)
51. Montaut (47184)
52. Montayral (47185)
53. Monviel (47192)
54. Moulinet (47193)
55. Pailloles (47198)
56. Parranquet (47200)
57. Paulhiac (47202)
58. Penne-d'Agenais (47203)
59. Pinel-Hauterive (47206)
60. Pujols (47215)
61. Rayet (47219)
62. Rives (47223)
63. Saint-Antoine-de-Ficalba (47228)
64. Saint-Aubin (47230)
65. Saint-Eutrope-de-Born (47241)
66. Saint-Front-sur-Lémance (47242)
67. Saint-Georges (47328)
68. Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal (47256)
69. Saint-Maurice-de-Lestapel (47259)
70. Saint-Pastour (47265)
71. Saint-Quentin-du-Dropt (47272)
72. Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot (47280)
73. Saint-Vite (47283)
74. Saint-Étienne-de-Fougères (47239)
75. Saint-Étienne-de-Villeréal (47240)
76. Sainte-Colombe-de-Villeneuve (47237)
77. Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot (47252)
78. Salles (47284)
79. Sauveterre-la-Lémance (47292)
80. Savignac-sur-Leyze (47295)
81. Sembas (47297)
82. Sérignac-Péboudou (47299)
83. Thézac (47307)
84. Tombebœuf (47309)
85. Tourliac (47311)
86. Tournon-d'Agenais (47312)
87. Tourtrès (47313)
88. Trentels (47315)
89. Trémons (47314)
90. Villebramar (47319)
91. Villeneuve-sur-Lot (47323)
92. Villeréal (47324)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[3] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
47323	Villeneuve-sur-Lot	23,263	Villeneuve-sur-Lot-1 Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2	Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois
47252	Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot	6,190	Le Livradais	Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois
47106	Fumel	4,980	Le Fumélois	Fumel Vallée du Lot
47215	Pujols	3,635	Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2	Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois
47027	Bias	3,089	Villeneuve-sur-Lot-2	Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois
47185	Montayral	2,776	Le Fumélois	Fumel Vallée du Lot
47049	Casseneuil	2,349	Le Livradais	Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois
47203	Penne-d'Agenais	2,342	Le Pays de Serres	Fumel Vallée du Lot
47175	Monflanquin	2,312	Le Haut agenais Périgord	Les Bastides en Haut-Agenais Périgord
47280	Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot	2,296	Le Pays de Serres	Fumel Vallée du Lot
47179	Monsempron-Libos	2,085	Le Fumélois	Fumel Vallée du Lot

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department
• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department