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Also known as Conhac

commune in Charente, New Aquitaine, France

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Cognac is a commune in France, located in the Charente department within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Cognac and the cantons of Cognac-Nord, Cognac-Sud, and Cognac-2. The town has a population of 22,237, with 8,747 males recorded. Its area is 15.5 square kilometers, and it sits at an elevation of 53 meters above sea level. The earliest written record of the place dates to 1215.

The commune shares borders with Boutiers-Saint-Trojan, Châteaubernard, Cherves-Richemont, and Javrezac. Cognac is twinned with Perth, Denison, Königswinter, and Valdepeñas. Its postal code is 16100, and it operates in the Europe/Paris timezone. The native label for the town is Conhac.

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Place details

Locality
Cognac
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Population
20,868
Timezone
Europe/Paris

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

49US AQIGood
PM2.5
9.1 µg/m³
PM10
14.0 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-11 02:00 · Open-Meteo

Travel guide

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The Charente is navigable from Angoulême to the sea. Boats can be rented without a license.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

Cognac ( French pronunciation: [kɔɲak] ; Saintongese: Cougnat; Occitan: Conhac [kuˈɲak] ) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Administratively, the commune of Cognac is a subprefecture of the Charente department.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cognac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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