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Lot-et-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne is a department of south-western France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, named after the Lot and Garonne rivers, which meet within it, with its prefecture at Agen. Created in 1790 from parts of the old provinces of Guyenne and Gascony, it is an agricultural area known for the prunes of Agen. In antiquity its south was the land of the Aquitanian Sotiates.

Lot-et-Garonne
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lot-et-Garonne. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lot-et-garonne
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The Epoch Institute. “Lot-et-Garonne.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lot-et-garonne.
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