Agen

Agen, with 30 thousand residents,¹ is located along the Garonne River² in the Lot-et-Garonne Department of the Acquitaine Region of France. The Saint-Caprais cathedral is a way stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela, and as such is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tallest modern building is the Tour (Tower) Victor Hugo (18 stories, 200 feet).³

External references

Saint-Caprais cathedral in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne Department, Acquitaine Region, France

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2010 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communes_in_France_with_over_20,000_inhabitants, accessed 2/8/2015.
2. The Garonne and the Dordogne together create the estuarine Gironde.
3. Emporis.com, accessed 7/3/2015.