Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne

For a small river in southern France, see Aiguillon (Cèze).

Aiguillon
Aiguillon
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Agen
Canton	Port-Sainte-Marie
Intercommunality	Communautés de communes du Confluent
Mayor	Jean-François Sauvaud (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	22–168 m (72–551 ft) (avg. 41 m/135 ft)
Land area1	28.28 km2 (10.92 sq mi)
Population2	4,344  (2007)
- Density	154 /km2 (400 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	47004/ 47190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°18′01″N 0°20′30″E / 44.3002777778°N 0.341666666667°E / 44.3002777778; 0.341666666667

Aiguillon (or Auguillon) is a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

It lies near the two rivers junction that gives name to the department.

History

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

Demographics

Population in:

• 1962= 3409
• 1968= 3754
• 1975= 3867
• 1982= 4121
• 1990= 4169
• 1999= 4219

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department
• Duke of Aiguillon