Gontaud-de-Nogaret
| Gontaud-de-Nogaret | ||
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| Commune | ||
 A half-timbered house in Gontaud-de-Nogaret | ||
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  Gontaud-de-Nogaret Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Gontaud-de-Nogaret | ||
| Coordinates: 44°27′25″N 0°17′44″E / 44.4569°N 0.2956°ECoordinates: 44°27′25″N 0°17′44″E / 44.4569°N 0.2956°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Marmande | |
| Canton | Marmande-2 | |
| 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) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 47110 /47400 | |
| Elevation |
26–132 m (85–433 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 ft) | |
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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.
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