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.
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The Château de Nérac is a castle in the Lot-et-Garonne département in southwest France. An edifice of the French Renaissance style, it was finished during the reign of Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, daughter of Marguerite d'Angoulème who was also Marguerite de Navarre by her marriage to Henry II of Navarre.
The castle has been listed as a Monument historique since 1862 by the French Ministry of Culture.
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The canton of L'Albret is an administrative division of the Lot-et-Garonne department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Nérac.
It consists of the following communes:
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The arrondissement of Nérac is an arrondissement of France in the Lot-et-Garonne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 58 communes. Its population is 38,342, and its area is 1,400.3 km2.
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The Château de Lagrange-Monrepos was originally a medieval castle in the commune of Nérac in the Lot-et-Garonne département of France, controlling the valley of the Baïse
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Espiens is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.