Villeneuve-sur-Lot
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Bridge over the Lot River
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 44°24′29″N 0°42′18″E / 44.4081°N 0.705°ECoordinates: 44°24′29″N 0°42′18″E / 44.4081°N 0.705°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | |
| Intercommunality | Villeneuvois | |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Patrick Cassany | |
| Area1 | 81.32 km2 (31.40 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 23,263 | |
| • Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 47323 /47300 | |
| Elevation | 42–209 m (138–686 ft) (avg. 55 m or 180 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Villeneuve-sur-Lot (French pronunciation: [vilnœv syʁ lɔt]; in the Gascon dialect of Occitan language: Vilanuèva d'Olt [bilaˈnwɛβɔ ˈðult]) is a town and commune in the southwestern French department of Lot-et-Garonne. The commune was formerly named Villeneuve-d'Agen.
Villeneuve-sur-Lot is located 22 km northeast of Agen and straddles the river Lot.
Villeneuve was founded in 1254 by Alphonse, count of Poitiers, brother of Louis IX, on the site of the town of Gajac, which had been deserted during the Albigensian Crusade.
Pop. (1906) town, 6978; commune, 13,540.
The chief quarter of the town stands on the right bank of the Lot River and is united to the quarter on the left bank by a bridge of the 13th century, the principal arch of which, constructed in the reign of Louis XIII in place of two older arches, has a span of 36 m. and a height of 18 m. On the left bank, portions of the 13th century ramparts, altered and surmounted by machicolations of the 15th century, remain, and high square towers rise above the gates to the north-east and southwest, known respectively as the Porte de Paris and Porte de Pujols.
On the right bank, boulevards have for the most part taken the place of the ramparts. Arcades of the 13th century surround the Place La Fayette, and old houses of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries are to be seen in various parts of the town. The church of St Etienne is late Gothic style. On the left bank of the Lot, 3 km. S.S.W. of Villeneuve, are the 13th-century walls of Pujols.
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