Agen is a town and commune located in the Aquitaine région in southern France, on the river Garonne, 84 miles southeast of Bordeaux. It is the préfecture of the Lot-et-Garonne département. The 12th century cathedral of Agen, St. Caprais, dedicated to Saint Caprasius, is one of the barest handful of large churches in France with a double nave; the curious and impractical plan may be a regional trait, since one of the others is the Church of the Jacobins in relatively nearby Toulouse. In France, it is famous as the "capital of the prune". This is a local produce, which you can most notably buy either as a sweet (prunes stuffed with prune purée) or as an after-dinner delight (prunes soaked in Armagnac - a type of brandy).
