Astaffort

Astaffort
Église Sainte-Geneviève
Coat of arms
Location of Astaffort
Astaffort Astaffort
Coordinates: 44°03′54″N 0°39′08″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Agen
Canton	Le Sud-Est agenais
Intercommunality	Agglomération d'Agen
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Paul Bonnet
Area 1	35.17 km2 (13.58 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,031
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	47015 /47220
Elevation	52–215 m (171–705 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Astaffort (French pronunciation: [astafɔʁ]; Template:Lang-oc) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is situated on the river Gers, about 15 km south of Agen. Astaffort has a mill and the church of Sainte-Geneviève.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,729 —     1800 2,372 −13.1% 1806 2,474 +4.3% 1821 2,631 +6.3% 1831 2,785 +5.9% 1836 2,527 −9.3% 1841 2,414 −4.5% 1846 2,581 +6.9% 1851 2,608 +1.0% 1856 2,518 −3.5% 1861 2,434 −3.3% 1866 2,560 +5.2% 1872 2,511 −1.9% 1876 2,583 +2.9% 1881 2,515 −2.6% 1886 2,536 +0.8% 1891 2,194 −13.5% 1896 2,059 −6.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,960 −4.8% 1906 1,857 −5.3% 1911 1,781 −4.1% 1921 1,619 −9.1% 1926 1,707 +5.4% 1931 1,668 −2.3% 1936 1,773 +6.3% 1946 1,700 −4.1% 1954 1,740 +2.4% 1962 1,792 +3.0% 1968 1,740 −2.9% 1975 1,802 +3.6% 1982 1,835 +1.8% 1990 1,828 −0.4% 1999 1,880 +2.8% 2006 1,989 +5.8% 2009 2,068 +4.0% 2015 2,063 −0.2%

Personalities

The popular singer-songwriter Francis Cabrel spent his childhood in Astaffort.

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department