Nérac
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Expand French|Nérac|date=July 2014|topic=geo}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Nérac
|commune status = Subprefecture and commune
|image = Nérac - Château - 02.jpg
|caption = The castle of Nérac
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Nerac (LotGaronne).svg
|arrondissement = Nérac
|canton = L'Albret
|INSEE = 47195
|postal code = 47600
|mayor =
|term =
|intercommunality = Albret Communauté
|coordinates = {{coord|44|08|10|N|0|20|25|E|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 71
|elevation min m = 38
|elevation max m = 191
|area km2 = 62.68
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Nérac ({{IPA|fr|neʁak}}; {{langx|oc|Nerac}}, {{IPA|oc|neˈɾa|}}) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in Nérac, as was the former Arsenal and Bordeaux footballer Marouane Chamakh and Admiral Francois Darlan.
Nérac was visited by author Joanne Harris as a child, and was influential in the setting of her best-known novel, Chocolat.{{cite news |title=Author Joanne Harris: My love affair with France |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/author-joanne-harris-my-love-affair-with-france-921718.html |work=BreakingNews.ie |date=2 May 2019}}
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-47195#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |7061
|1975 |7156
|1982 |6828
|1990 |7015
|1999 |6787
|2007 |6877
|2012 |7086
|2017 |6827
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.ville-nerac.fr/ Town council website] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Communes of Lot-et-Garonne
Category:Subprefectures in France
Category:Lot-et-Garonne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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