Population - 305,000   (1,067,000)

Area - 5,360 km²   (1,663)

Population density - 57   (642)

(comparative figs - Surrey UK)

Towns with over 3,000 people

Agen   30,170

Aiguillon   4,219

Boe   4,503

Bon-Encontre   5,759

Casteljaloux   4,755

Foulayronnes   4,597

Fumel   5,423

Layrac   3,149

Marmande   17,199

Miramont-de-Guyenne   3,360

Nerac   6,787

Le Passage   8,827

Pont-du-Casse   4,259

Pujols   3,546

Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot   5,865

Tonneins   9,041

Villeneuve-sur-Lot   22,782

Main town
Agen

630 miles - 9 hours - from Calais

What it is really like for holidays in the Lot-et-Garonne

Gentle rolling countryside with quiet roads meandering through vineyards - prune orchards - fields of maize - cattle - sheep - cultivated & wild woodland - red squirrels - deer - hare - and birds of prey hovering in the afternoon haze

This is a get away from it all department - a place to enjoy rural tranquility - a place to visit quiet towns - market towns - bastide towns

This area has been a farming area for centuries. Although it was fought over heavily during the 100 years war it has never been a dramatic or wealthy area.

The local people welcome visitors in a generous friendly manner - many have themselves come from immigrant families over the years.

What we see here is a blending of modern and old farming ways that gives a visual balance found in so few places.

Must visit places

Nerac - on the river Baise - Henry IV castle

Monflanquin - one of the prettiest bastide towns

Vineyards - Duras - Marmande - Buzet-sur-Baise

Canal junction at Buzet where the rivers Lot Garonne and Baise join with the Canal Lateral, the canal that runs from Bordeaux to the Canal-du-Midi at Toulouse

Bonaguil Castle - a ruin but as pretty a ruin as there ever can be

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