Agen | ||
region | New Aquitaine | |
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Residents | 33.012 (2018) | |
height | 48 m | |
Tourist info | 33 (0)5.53.47.36.09 Tourist agency | |
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Agen is the capital (prefecture) of the department Lot-et-Garonne in the travel region Aquitaine in France. The city is on the right side of the Garonne River. In the north, the Canal Latéral à la Garonne crosses the river in a canal bridge.
background
getting there
By plane
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- 1 Aéroport d'Agen - La Garenne (IATA: AGF), Avenue de l'Aéroport, 47520 Le Passage. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.77.00.88, Fax: 33(0)5.53.96.03.49, Email: [email protected]. The French airline HOP !, a company of Air France, flies from Monday to Friday three times a day Paris-Orly Airport
(IATA: ORY) to Agen and back. There is no flight on Saturday and a return flight on Sunday.
By train
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- 2 Agen train station, Place Rabelais, 47000 Agen. On the northern edge of the city center.Feature: free WiFi.
By bus
In the street
The autoroute runs south of Agen, on the left side of the Garonne of Bordeaux to Toulouse. There you take the exit
7 Agen and shortly thereafter comes the Route nationale N 21. This crosses the Garonne and runs along the right bank through Agen. The national route N 21 leads to the north Villeneuve-sur-Lot and heading south across Layrac to Also. The départementale route also runs D 656 and Route départementale D 813 through the city.
By boat
Both the Garonne and the Canal Latéral à la Garonne are navigable. The channel has in Toulouse Connection to the Canal du Midi.
mobility
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Tourist Attractions
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- 1 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Place du Docteur Esquirol, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.69.47.23, Fax: 33(0)5.53.69.47.77, Email: [email protected]. The Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1876, is located in a Renaissance building. The focus of the exhibition is on artists of the 18th and 19th centuries. It has five works by Francisco Goya, including El Globo. Also the September morning by Alfred Sisley is an important work of its era. In the archaeological department, the Venus du mas made of marble; it comes from the 1st century BC. And was found near Agen in 1876.Open: Monday and Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Closed every Tuesday and on public holidays.Price: Admission is free for children and young people under the age of 18, otherwise € 5.50.facebook url used
More Attractions:
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- 3 Notre-Dame des Jacobins church, Place des Jacobins, 47000 Agen.
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- 4 Notre-Dame du Bourg church, Place Notre-Dame-du-Bourg, 47000 Agen.
- 5 Saint-Hilaire church, Boulevard Scaliger, 47000 Agen.
- 6 Tour du Chapelet, Rue des Augustins, 47000 Agen.
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- 7 Canal bridge. Canal bridge for the Latéral à La Garonne canal over the Garonne river.
- 8 amphitheater. Remains of a Roman amphitheater.
activities
- 1 Walibi, Château de Caudouin, 47310 Roquefort. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.96.58.32, Fax: 33(0)5.53.96.58.47, Email: [email protected].A small amusement park with a roller coaster and other rides, several food stands on the premises.Price: Children under 3 years have free entry, children between 3 and 10 years € 21.50, children from 10 years and adults € 25.youtube url used
- 2 Cap'Cinéma, 9 Rue de la Prune, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.47.06.95. The visitor is offered 10 cinema halls with almost 1,600 seats.
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
On the page The tourist office has 27 hotels and 4 campsites.
Cheap
- 1 Appart'City Agen Center, 34 Rue Lafayette, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.98.88.30, Fax: 33(0)5.53.98.88.31.
- 3 Hotel Le Périgord, 42 Cours du 14 Juillet, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.77.55.77, Fax: 33(0)5.53.77.55.70, Email: [email protected].
- 4 P’tit Dej Hotel Agen Sud, Allée de Riols, 47550 Boé. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.67.96.55, Fax: 33(0)5.53.67.51.91, Email: [email protected].
- 5 Hotel Première Classe, Rue de Bellile, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)8.92.23.48.14, Fax: 33(0)5.53.68.28.71, Email: [email protected].
- 6 Hotel Le Provence, 22 Cours du 14 Juillet, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.47.39.11, Email: [email protected].facebook url used
medium
- 7 Residence Astoria, 1350 Avenue du Midi, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.69.65.10, Fax: 33(0)5.53.87.26.10.
- 8 Hôtel Campanile, Rue de Bellile, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)8.92.23.48.15, Fax: 33(0)5.53.98.32.46, Email: [email protected].
- 9 Residence Columba, 229 Rue Semailles, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)9.86.48.72.76, Fax: 33(0)5.24.84.68.52, Email: [email protected].
- 10 ibis Agen Center, 16 Rue Camille Desmoulins, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.47.43.43, Fax: 33(0)5.53.47.68.54, Email: [email protected].
- 11 Stim'Otel Hotel, 105 Boulevard du Président Carnot, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.47.31.23, Fax: 33(0)5.53.47.48.70, Email: [email protected].
Upscale
- 12 Hôtel Château des Jacobins, 1 Place des Jacobins, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.47.03.31, Fax: 33(0)5.53.47.02.80.
security
health
- 1 Center Hospitalier d'Agen, Route de Villeneuve sur Lot (D13), 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.69.70.71, Fax: 33(0)5.53.69.73.04.
Practical advice
- 2 Office de Tourisme Destination Agen, 38 Rue Garonne, 47000 Agen. Tel.: 33(0)5.53.47.36.09, Fax: 33(0)5.53.47.29.98. Open: July 1st to August 31st: Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. September 1st to June 30th: Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
trips
The center of prune production is located around Agen.
literature
Web links
- http://www.agen.fr - Agen official website