Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Aiguillon

(2021–2026) Christian Girardi^[1]Area

28.28 km² (10.92 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,118 • Density150/km² (380/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

47004 /47190

Elevation22–168 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 a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France.^[3] It lies near the confluence of the rivers Lot and Garonne.^[4] Aiguillon station has rail connections to Agen, Langon and Bordeaux.

The organist and composer Marc de Ranse (1881–1951) was born in Aiguillon.^[5]

History

Attached to the English crown in 1318, it was conquered by Du Guesclin in 1370.^[6] The future Jean II conducted a large-scale but unsuccessful siege of the place in 1346. In 1599 it was converted into a duchy of its own.

Population

Historical population
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]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Commune d'Aiguillon (47004)". INSEE. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ "Lot River | river, France". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ Marc de Ranse, Requiem Survey.
^ Wagner, John A. (2006). Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313327360.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE