LOT-ET-GARONNE

'Lot-et-Garonne' (Occitan: ''Òlt e Garona'') is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.

Contents

History

Geography

Economy

Demographics

See also

External links

History

Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne. Some of the original southeastern cantons were separated from it in 1808 to form the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.

Geography

Lot-et-Garonne is part of the current region of Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Gers, Landes, Gironde, and Dordogne.

Economy

Food-processing, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals are all major industries of the department.

Demographics

The inhabitants of the department are called ''Lot-et-Garonnais''.

See also

★ Cantons of the Lot-et-Garonne department

★ Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department

★ Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department

External links

★ Prefecture website

★ General council website

★ Chamber of Commerce and Industry website

★ Seguinet in Lot-et-Garonne