Arrondissement of Nérac

The arrondissement of Nérac is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot-et-Garonne "département" in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and subpréfecture of the department, is the city of Nérac.
History.
When the Lot-et-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Nérac was part of that original department. In 1926, the arrondissement was eliminated but, 1942, it became again an arrondissement
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Nérac is in the southwest of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of . It has 39,227 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Marmande, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Agen, to the south by the Gers department, to the southwest by the Landes department and to the northwest by the Gironde department.
Composition.
Cantons.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
In the "arrondissement" of Nérac, there is only one canton where not all its "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Les Forêts de Gascogne. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Nérac has 58 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: