Charente-Maritime
Sign in to saveCharente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Chérente-Marine; ) is a department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2023, it had a population of 672,279, with an area of 6,864 square kilometres (2,650 sq mi).
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Charente-Maritime is a department located on France's west coast in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, named after the Charente river and governed from the city of La Rochelle. With a population of 672,279 people spread across 6,864 square kilometers, it is an established administrative division of France.
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60 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistory
- Paleolithic
- Neolithic Revolution
- Antiquity
- The Santoni
- High Roman Empire and Gallo-Roman Period
- Late Roman Empire and First Barbarian Invasions
- Early modern period
- Early Middle Ages
- Late Middle Ages
- Hundred Years' War
- Early modern period
- Renaissance
- The Reformation
- Wars of Religion
- 17th century
- From the Edict of Nantes to the Assassination of Henri IV
- Aunis and Saintonge Under the Reign of Louis XIII
- Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628)
- The Peace of Alès and the Counter-Reformation
- The Reign of Louis XIV and the 1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
- 1666: Creation of Rochefort
- 1694: Creation of the Généralité de La Rochelle
- 18th century
- Return to Prosperity in the Age of Enlightenment
- Revolution
- The Terror
- Contemporary times
- Charente-Inférieure During the First Empire
- Charente-Inférieure During the Restoration
- Charente-Inférieure During the July Monarchy
- Charente-Inférieure During the Second Republic
- Charente-Inférieure During the Second Empire
- Charente-Inférieure during the Third Republic (1870-1940)
- The Slow Establishment of the Republican Idea
- The Belle Époque: Radical Domination
- A Great War Is Seen from Afar
- Between the Wars
- World War II
- Post-war
- 1945-1960: The Feverish Years of Reconstruction
- 1960-1975: Modernization Underway
- 1975-1990: Continued Modernization Against a Backdrop of Economic Crisis
- Charente-Maritime Today
- Geography
- Administrative borders
- Principal towns
- Climate
- Economy
- Demographics
- Politics
- Departmental Council of Charente-Maritime
- National representation
- Tourism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Chérente-Marine; ) is a department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2023, it had a population of 672,279, with an area of 6,864 square kilometres (2,650 sq mi).
==History== thumb|left|Charente-Maritime and the Provinces of France|former provinces composing it, mostly Saintonge and [[Aunis|234x234px]] The history of the department begins with a decree from the Constituent Assembly on 22 December 1789, which took effect on 4 March 1790, creating it as one of the 83 original departments during the French Revolution. Named "Charente-Inférieure" after the lower course of the Charente, it was renamed Charente-Maritime on 4 September 1941, during World War II, reflecting its Atlantic coast identity. The department encompasses most of the former province of Saintonge (excluding Cognaçais and Barbezilien, part of Charente, and the duchy-pairie of Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, in Deux-Sèvres), nearly all of Aunis, and the Pays d'Aulnay from Poitou.