What is Arrondissements of the Lot-et-Garonne department?
[[File:Département de Lot-et-Garonne.PNG|thumb|290 px|Location in [[Aquitaine]] of the 4 arrondissements of Lot-et-Garonne]] There are 4 '''arrondissements in the [[Lot-et-Garonne]] department'''.<ref name=insee1>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/nomenclatures/cog/arrdep.asp?codedep=47 |title=Liste des arrondissement du département du Lot-et-Garonne |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |language=French |accessdate=17 March 2015 |date= }}</ref> The [[France|French]] [[Departments of France|departments]], and in other countries, are divided into ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]]'', which may be translated into English as '''districts''' (in some cases, as '''[[borough]]s'''). The capital of an arrondissement is called a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]]. If the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into [[Cantons of France|cantons]] and [[Communes of France|communes]]. The 4 arrondissements of Lot-et-Garonne are: # [[Arrondissement of Agen]], ([[Prefectures in France|prefecture]]: [[Agen]]), with 71 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Marmande]], (subprefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department: [[Marmande]]), with 98 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot]], (subprefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department: [[Villeneuve-sur-Lot]]), with 92 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Nérac]], (subprefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department: [[Nérac]]), with 58 communes. ==History== Since its creation, the Lot-et-Garonne department has had some changes:<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/47his.html |title=Historique de Lot-et-Garonne |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=17 March 2015 |date= }}</ref> * 1790 : creation of the Lot-et-Garonne department with nine [[district]]s: Agen, Nérac, Marmande, Tonneins, Villeneuve, Lauzun,