Prayssas

Prayssas
Commune
The road into Prayssas

Coat of arms
Prayssas
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Prayssas
Coordinates: 44°17′19″N 0°30′35″E / 44.2886°N 0.5097°E / 44.2886; 0.5097Coordinates: 44°17′19″N 0°30′35″E / 44.2886°N 0.5097°E / 44.2886; 0.5097
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Agen
Canton Le Confluent
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du canton de Prayssas
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Paulin destang (PR)
Area1 26.48 km2 (10.22 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 950
 • Density 36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 47213 /47360
Elevation 66–207 m (217–679 ft)
(avg. 185 m or 607 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.

Prayssas is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. On Wednesday nights from June to September, there is a night market called "les marchées nocturne" selling local produce. There is a Sunday morning market all year round. Towards the end of August, there is "La feria des fruits" the fruit festival which consists of celebrating the end of summer and the fruit harvest and drinking. A tradition is to wear a red bandana and a white T-shirt or a yellow bandana and a red T-shirt. Prayssas and the surrounding area has a significant British population.

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