Nérac

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Subprefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Nérac

44°08′10″N 0°20′25″E / 44.13611°N 0.34028°E / 44.13611; 0.34028CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentLot-et-GaronneArrondissementNéracCantonL'Albret IntercommunalityAlbret CommunautéArea

62.68 km² (24.20 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

6,881 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

47195 /47600

Elevation38–191 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, as was 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.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	7,061	—
1975	7,156	+0.19%
1982	6,828	−0.67%
1990	7,015	+0.34%
1999	6,787	−0.37%
2007	6,877	+0.16%
2012	7,086	+0.60%
2017	6,827	−0.74%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Author Joanne Harris: My love affair with France". BreakingNews.ie. 2 May 2019.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE