Aiguillon

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Coordinates: 44°18′01″N 0°20′30″E / 44.3002777778, 0.341666666667

Commune of Aiguillon
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Agen
Canton	Port-Sainte-Marie
Statistics
Elevation	22 m–168 m (avg. 41 m)
Land area¹	28.28 km²
Population² (1999)	4,219
- Density	149/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	47004/ 47190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aiguillon (or Auguillon) is a town and commune in France, in the Lot-et-Garonne département, arrondissement of Agen, near the two rivers that give name to the département.

[edit] History

Attached to the English crown in 1318, it was conquered by Du Guesclin in 1370. In 1599 it was converted in center of a duchy.

[edit] Demographics

Population in:

• 1962= 3409
• 1968= 3754
• 1975= 3867
• 1982= 4121
• 1990= 4169
• 1999= 4219

[edit] Dukes of Aiguillon

• Charles Duke of Mayenne 1599-1611
• Henry Duke of Mayenne 1611-1621 (son of Charles duke of Mayenne)

Incorporated to the French crown 1621-1638. Richelieu purchased this dukedom in 1638 and gave it to Marie Madeleine, the daughter of René Vignerot and his wife Françoise du Plessis, sister of Richelieu:

• Marie Madaleine De Vignerot De Plessis 1638-1675
• Terese d'Aiguillon 1675-1731 (niece of Marie Madaleine)
• Armand I d'Aiguillon 1731-1750 (nephew of Terese)
• Emmanuel-Armand 1750-1782 (son of Armand)
• Armand II d'Aiguillon 1782-1789 (son of Emmanuel-Armand)

Suppressed by the French Revolution 1789