Charente
Sign in to saveCharente (; Saintongese: Chérente; ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited. In 2023, it had a population of 352,683.
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Charente is a department (administrative division) in southwestern France named after the Charente River, which flows through its two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac. With a 2023 population of about 352,683 people, it is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and represents a significant area of rural and urban settlement in France's west.
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- Prefecture building of the Charente department, in Angoulême
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- History
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- Principal towns
- Demographics
- Politics
- National Assembly representatives
- Economy
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Charente (; Saintongese: Chérente; ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited. In 2023, it had a population of 352,683.
==History==