Tonnay-Charente
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Place details
- Locality
- Tonnay-Charente
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,229
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Tonnay-Charente
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- La rive droite à Tonnay-Charente.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The river Charente
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Tonnay-Charente.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Rochefort
- French commune.canton
- Tonnay-Charente
- French commune.INSEE
- 17449
- French commune.postal code
- 17430
- French commune.mayor
- Éric Authiat
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Rochefort Océan
- French commune.elevation min m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Charente
- Official name
- Tonnay-Charente
- Demonym
- tonnacquois
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Rochefort
- Population
- +8289
- Area
- +34.39
- Elevation
- +11
- Body of water
- Charente
- Shares border with
- Saint-Hippolyte
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Tonnay-Charente () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
In the 18th century, it was the home town of prominent Irish physician Dr. Theobald Jennings and his son, Irish-born French General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine who fought in the American War of Independence and, more significantly, in the French revolutionary wars with Napoleon I of France. There is a personal portrait of General Kilmaine in the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Tonnay-Charente. Rue Kilmaine, a street in Tonnay-Charente was named in his honour.