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* {{fr icon}} [http://www.lot-et-garonne.pref.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website] |
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.lot-et-garonne.pref.gouv.fr/ Prefecture website] |
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* {{fr icon}} [http://www.cg47.fr/ General |
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* {{en icon}} {{ODP|Regional/Europe/France/Regions/Aquitaine/Lot-et-Garonne|Lot-et-Garonne}} |
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* {{fr icon}} [http://www.lot-et-garonne.cci.fr/ Chamber of Commerce and Industry website] |
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.lot-et-garonne.cci.fr/ Chamber of Commerce and Industry website] |
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* {{fr icon}} [http://www.seguinet.co.uk/ Seguinet in Lot-et-Garonne] |
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Revision as of 01:05, 26 January 2008
Template:Infobox Department of France Lot-et-Garonne (Occitan: Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.
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
- Template:Fr icon Prefecture website
- Template:Fr icon General Council website
- Template:En icon Lot-et-Garonne at Curlie
- Template:Fr icon Chamber of Commerce and Industry website
- Template:Fr icon Seguinet in Lot-et-Garonne
