Arrondissement of Agen

The arrondissement of Agen is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot-et-Garonne "département" in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Agen.
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created in 1800, Agen was one of them in the Lot-et-Garonne department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" Villeneuve-sur-Lot, to the east by the Tarn-et-Garonne department, to the south by the Gers department, to the west by the "arrondissement" Nérac and to the northwest by the "arrondissement" Marmande.
It is in the southeast of the department and it is the smallest of the "arrondissements" of Lot-et-Garonne, with an area of , and a population of 120,235 inhabitants; its population density is of inhabitants/km².
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 Agen, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Le Confluent and Le Pays de Serres. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Agen has 71 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: