Charente

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

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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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Vinony's link graph records 1,176 inbound references to Charente, and connects out to region of France, Dordogne and cognac.

The entry is geolocated on the map in 16, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including 1790 establishments in France, Charente and Departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Vinony links it to 91 Wikipedia language editions.

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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: department of France
Named after: Charente
Official name: Charente
Country: France
Located in: Poitou-Charentes
Contains: Soyaux
Capital: Angoulême
Population: 352683
Area: 5956
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Dordogne
Official website: www.lacharente.fr
Image: Ang prefect.JPG

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Commons category: Charente
category of associated people: Category:People from Charente
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Charente
inception: 1790-03-04
topic's main category: Category:Charente
Commons gallery: Charente
category for people born here: Category:Births in Charente
social media followers: 2609
annual number of weddings: 669
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
native label: Charente

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Article · Svenska

Charente är ett departement i regionen Nouvelle-Aquitaine i västra Frankrike. I den tidigare regionindelningen som gällde fram till 2015 tillhörde Charente regionen Poitou-Charentes. Den regionen hade bildats av den gamla provinsen Angoumois och delar av de gamla provinserna Saintonge, Poitou och Limousin samt omges av departementen Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, Haute-Vienne, Dordogne och Charente-Maritime. På områdets dialekt ”saintongeais” kallas departementet Chérente.

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