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 A farming region
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Plum trees, the first blossoms of Spring ( :J.M.-CDT47) |
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Agriculture not only prospers here, its produce is famous throughout France: cereals are grown, cattle are raised, and dairy farming is practised.
Fruit growing is a speciality, and the département is noted for its plums, the famous Agen pruneaux, strawberries, and succulent melons.
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Chasselas* AOC table grapes (:A.G.-CG47) |
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The vineyards produce good wines in the Duras and Buzet areas, and the region – the first in Europe to grow tobacco on a commercial scale – is now one of the last tobacco-growing centres in France.
Heavy industry has been little developed, thus preserving the region and making it particularly sought after for service activities, research, training and university studies.
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Even the cloisters are ‘farmed’
(:A.G.-CG47) |
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Agen, Marmande, Nérac, and Villeneuve-sur-Lot, all towns with medieval buildings, give their names to the four arrondissements (wards).
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