سنت، شارانت-ماریتیم

Also known as Xantes, Sentas, Santas, Sénte, Mediolanum Santonum, Xaintes

commune in Charente-Maritime, France

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Saintes is a commune in France, situated in the Charente-Maritime department within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Saintes, the canton of Saintes-Ouest, and the canton of Saintes-Est. The town has a population of 26,891 and covers an area of 45.55 square kilometers. Its official name is listed as Saintes, Xantes, and it shares borders with Bussac-sur-Charente, Chaniers, Chermignac, and Écurat.

The municipality is twinned with Xanten, Salisbury, Nivelles, and Timbuktu. Saintes is located at an elevation of 81 meters above sea level. The local postal code is 17100.

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Place details

Locality: Saintes
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country: France
Population: 29,512
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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Air quality

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PM2.5: 5.9 µg/m³
PM10: 13.8 µg/m³

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Official website

Saintes – Capitale de la Saintonge | Site officiel

Site officiel de la mairie de Saintes (Charente-Maritime). Accédez à vos démarches en ligne, suivez l'actualité municipale et explorez la vie locale.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Xantes
Country: France
Located in: arrondissement of Saintes
Population: 25312
Area: 45.55
Elevation: 26
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Charente
Capital of: canton of Saintes
Shares border with: Thénac
Official website: www.ville-saintes.fr
Image: Saintes.jpg

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twinned administrative body: West University Place
Commons category: Saintes (Charente-Maritime)
category for people born here: Category:Births in Saintes
postal code: 17100
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Saintes
topic's main category: Category:Saintes, Charente-Maritime
category of associated people: Category:People from Saintes, Charente-Maritime
Commons gallery: Saintes
webcam page URL: www.ville-saintes.fr/acces-directs/webcam
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
associated electoral district: canton of Saintes
male population: 11279
female population: 14191
P8168: Hippocratic Oath
email address: mailto:[email protected]
contact page URL: www.ville-saintes.fr/contact
phone number: +33-5-46-92-34-45

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Travel guide

Buy

Cours National and Avenue Gambetta are the main shopping streets. The pedestrianized historical center has a lot of small specialized boutiques, especially along Rues Victor Hugo and Alsace-Lorraine.

Large supermarkets are unsurprisingly at the outskirts of the city; in the Parc Atlantique, at the Maréchal-Leclerc course, and in the Grandes Bauches, Terrefort and Fief-Mignon districts. The main shopping malls are Coteaux (around Leclerc hypermarket) and Hyper U.

Drink

thumb|Le pineau des Charentes, one of the famous drinks of the region, can be had in most bars

Stay healthy

thumb|The esplanade of the Centre hospitalier de Saintonge

Go next

thumb|La Roche-Courbon castle, about 20 km from Saintes, was called Le château de la Belle au bois dormant, "the castle of sleeping beauty" by writer Pierre Loti

thumb|The spectacular Trizay abbey

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