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Agen is a town and commune located in the Aquitaine région in southern France, on the river Garonne, 84 miles southeast of Bordeaux. It is the préfecture of the Lot-et-Garonne département.

Sights

The 12th century Agen Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Caprasius, is one of the barest handful of large churches in France with a double nave; the curious and impractical plan may be a regional trait, since one of the others is the Church of the Jacobins in relatively nearby Toulouse.

Transportation

Agen is connected by the A62 motorway to both Toulouse and Bordeaux. By train it's around an hour from Toulouse, and around an hour from Bordeaux. It has a very small airport mostly used for business flights and leisure flying.

Diocese

Agen is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese that comprises the Département of Lot and Garonne. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bordeaux.

Miscellaneous

Agen is the "capital of the prune", a local produce sold as a sweet (stuffed with prune purée) or as an after-dinner delight (prunes soaked in Armagnac - a type of brandy).

Births

Agen was the birthplace of:

Alain Aspect (born 1947), physicist
Bernard Palissy (c. 1510-1590), potter - according to some accounts, he may have been born in Saintes
Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609), scholar
Pierre Dupuy (1582-1651), scholar
Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades (1607-1686), diplomatist and marshal
Bernard Germain Étienne comte de La Ville-sur-Illon La Cépède (1756-1825), naturalist
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780-1846), naturalist
Jacques Jasmin (1798-1864), Provençal poet
Joseph Chaumié (1849-1919), politician
Michel Serres (born 1930), philosopher and author
Jacques Sadoul (born 1934), author
Jean Cruguet (born 1939), jockey who won the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
Francis Cabrel (born 1953), singer-songwriter and guitarist
Bernard Campan (born 1958), actor and film director
Stéphane Rideau (born 1976), actor

Twin towns

Agen is twinned with:

Tuapse, Russia

Dinslaken, Germany

Llanelli, Wales

Toledo, Spain

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