Charente

Also known as Department of Charente, Charente Department, département de la Charente, Département de la Charente

departement in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Frankrijk

AI overview

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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Key facts

Settlement.name: Charente
Settlement.native_name: Chérente  (Saintongeais)
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline: Ang prefect.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building of the Charente department, in Angoulême
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Charente.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Charente.svg
Settlement.image_map: Charente-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Charente in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Angoulême
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: CognacConfolens