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Poitou-Charentes

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Poitou-Charentes

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Poitou-Charentes (; ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ) was an administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It comprised four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. It included the historical provinces of Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge and Poitou.

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Poitou-Charentes was an administrative region located on the southwest coast of France, made up of four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres, and Vienne. The region encompassed several historical provinces—Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge, and Poitou—that had been important areas in French history.

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Settlement.official_name
Poitou-Charentes
Settlement.native_name_lang
fr
Settlement.settlement_type
Region of France
Settlement.image_flag
Flag_of_the_former_Region_of_Poitou-Charentes.svg
Settlement.flag_size
120px
Settlement.image_shield
BlasonPoitouCharentes.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_size
75px
Settlement.image_map
Poitou-Charentes in France.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.extinct_title
Dissolved
Settlement.extinct_date
2016-01-01
Settlement.seat_type
Prefecture
Settlement.seat
Poitiers
Settlement.parts_type
Departments
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list
Settlement.parts
4
Settlement.p1
Charente (16)
Settlement.p2
Charente-Maritime (17)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
historical region
Official name
Poitou-Charentes
Country
France
Located in
metropolitan France
Contains
Vienne
Capital
Poitiers
Population
1789779
Area
25809
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Aquitaine
Official website
www.poitou-charentes.fr
Image
Angoulême 16 Obézine&beffroi 2013.jpg
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2015-12-31
start time
1972-07-09
end time
2016-01-01
replaced by
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Commons category
Poitou-Charentes
topic's main category
Category:Poitou-Charentes
Commons gallery
Poitou-Charentes
executive body
Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes
P6413
Poitou-Charentes
native label
Peitau-Charantas
language used
Occitan
inception
1960-06-04
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  • Demographics
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  • Major communities
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Poitou-Charentes (; ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ) was an administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It comprised four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. It included the historical provinces of Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge and Poitou.

Poitiers was the regional capital. Other important cities were La Rochelle, Niort, Angoulême, Châtellerault, Saintes, Rochefort and Royan.

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