Aiguillon | |
|---|---|
 The town hall in Aiguillon | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Aiguillon | |
  Aiguillon  Aiguillon | |
| Coordinates:44°18′02″N00°20′15″E / 44.30056°N 0.33750°E /44.30056; 0.33750 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Agen |
| Canton | Le Confluent |
| Intercommunality | Confluent et Coteaux de Prayssas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–2026) | Christian Girardi[1] |
Area 1 | 28.28 km2 (10.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,983 |
| • Density | 140.8/km2 (364.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 47004 /47190 |
| Elevation | 22–168 m (72–551 ft) (avg. 41 m or 135 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Aiguillon (French pronunciation:[ɛɡɥijɔ̃]ⓘ;Occitan:Gulhon) is acommune of theLot-et-Garonnedepartment in southwestern France.[3] It lies near the confluence of the riversLot andGaronne.[4]Aiguillon station has rail connections to Agen, Langon and Bordeaux.
The organist and composerMarc de Ranse (1881–1951) was born in Aiguillon.[5]
Attached to the English crown in 1318, it was conquered byDu Guesclin in 1370.[6] The futureJean II conducted a large-scale but unsuccessfulsiege of the place in 1346.In 1599 it was converted into a duchy of its own.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,754 | — |
| 1975 | 3,867 | +0.42% |
| 1982 | 4,121 | +0.91% |
| 1990 | 4,169 | +0.14% |
| 1999 | 4,219 | +0.13% |
| 2007 | 4,344 | +0.37% |
| 2012 | 4,314 | −0.14% |
| 2017 | 4,387 | +0.34% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Geographic | |
| Other | |
 | This Lot-et-Garonne geographical article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
