Damazan
Damazan Damasan |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Lot-et-Garonne | |
Arrondissement | Nérac | |
Canton | Lavardac | |
Community association | Confluent et Coteaux de Prayssas | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 17 ′ N , 0 ° 17 ′ E | |
height | 28-147 m | |
surface | 16.37 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,354 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 83 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 47160 | |
INSEE code | 47078 | |
Website | http://www.ville-damazan.fr/ |
Damazan ( Occitan : Damasan ) is a municipality with 1354 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in France in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Nérac and the canton of Lavardac and was the capital of the canton of Damazan until 2015 . The inhabitants are called Damazanais .
geography
Damazan is located about 29 kilometers west-northwest of Agen in the Buzet wine-growing region . Damazan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Puch-d'Agenais in the north, Saint-Léger in the east, Buzet-sur-Baïse in the south and south-east, Saint-Pierre-de-Buzet in the south, Caubeyres in the south-west and Saint-Léon in the west.
The A62 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
The place was founded as a bastide in 1256.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
Residents | 1424 | 1338 | 1257 | 1204 | 1164 | 1237 | 1251 | 1354 |
Sources: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church from the 17th century
- Muges Castle
- Labarthe Castle from the 14th century
- Count's castle
- Town hall from 1818