Gontaud-de-Nogaret

Gontaud-de-Nogaret
A half-timbered house in Gontaud-de-Nogaret A half-timbered house in Gontaud-de-Nogaret
Coat of arms of Gontaud-de-Nogaret Coat of arms
Gontaud-de-Nogaret
Location within Aquitaine region Gontaud-de-Nogaret
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Marmande
Canton	Canton of Marmande-Est
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Val de Garonne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Thierry Constans
Area1	29.51 km2 (11.39 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	1,537
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	47110 / 47400
Elevation	26–132 m (85–433 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Gontaud-de-Nogaret is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

People

The village was the home of Henri Pépin, a prosperous houseowner and cycling enthusiast who employed two helpers to pace him around the Tour de France in 1906. Pépin—sometimes wrongly described as a baron—had no interest in winning the race. Instead, he paid his helpers to lead him to the best restaurants and hotels they could find. Some days they finished more than 12 hours behind the winner.

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department