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).
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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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.
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