Nérac
Nérac | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Location of Nérac | |
| Coordinates: 44°08′10″N 0°20′25″E / 44.13611°N 0.34028°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Nérac |
| Canton | L'Albret |
| Intercommunality | Albret Communauté |
Area 1 | 62.68 km2 (24.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 6,937 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 47195 /47600 |
| Elevation | 38–191 m (125–627 ft) (avg. 71 m or 233 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Nérac (French pronunciation: [neʁak]; Occitan: Nerac, [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.