Nérac | |
Commune Status: | Subprefecture and commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Nerac (LotGaronne).svg |
Arrondissement: | Nérac |
Canton: | L'Albret |
Insee: | 47195 |
Postal Code: | 47600 |
Intercommunality: | Albret Communauté |
Coordinates: | 44.1361°N 0.3403°W |
Elevation M: | 71 |
Elevation Min M: | 38 |
Elevation Max M: | 191 |
Area Km2: | 62.68 |
Nérac (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Nerac, in Occitan (post 1500); pronounced as /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.[1]