Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne
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Aiguillon ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx) is a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It lies near the confluence of the rivers Lot and Garonne.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Aiguillon station has rail connections to Agen, Langon and Bordeaux.
The organist and composer Marc de Ranse (1881–1951) was born in Aiguillon.<ref>Marc de Ranse Template:Webarchive, Requiem Survey.</ref>
History
Attached to the English crown in 1318, it was conquered by Du Guesclin in 1370.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The future Jean II conducted a large-scale but unsuccessful siege of the place in 1346. In 1599 it was converted into a duchy of its own.
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