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Which region is Charente in?

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Victoria Simmons

Updated on March 31, 2026

Which region is Charente in?

Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Charente

Charente Chérente (Saintongeais) Charanta (Occitan)
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
PrefectureAngoulême
SubprefecturesCognac Confolens

Where is Poitou Charente in France?

This region is located in the middle west of France. North it is bordered by the Centre and Pays de la Loire regions, east by Limousin, south by Aquitaine and its west side faces the Atlantic ocean. Poitou Charentes consists of 25,810 km² equivalent to 3.85 % of France’s total surface area.

Where in France is Charente?

North of Bordeaux in southwest France, the department of Charente, named after the Charente river, is a place of forests and hills and lush vineyards where grapes produce Cognac, the department’s most famous product.

Where is the Charente coast?

listen)) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle….

Charente-Maritime
Coordinates: 45°57′N 0°58′WCoordinates: 45°57′N 0°58′W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
PrefectureLa Rochelle

What is the meaning of Charente?

(French ʃarɑ̃t) 1. a department of W central France, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

What department number is the Charente?

16
The department of Charente has the number 16. It is composed of 3 districts (“arrondissements”) , 35 townships (“cantons”) and 404 towns (“communes”). The 3 districts of the department of Charente are : Angoulême, Cognac, Confolens.

What does Poitou mean in English?

noun. a region and former province in W France. Gate of, a wide pass near Poitiers.

Is Bordeaux in the Charente?

The countryside varies from vineyards around Bordeaux and Cognac, sunflower fields in Charente, rolling greenery in Limousin and the green marshlands of the Marais Poitevin in Deux-Sèvres. Gironde is on the south-western coast and has the vineyards of the Bordeaux and Médoc wine areas. The capital is Bordeaux.

Is the Charente hilly?

In brief, the region covers the central part of France’s Atlantic coastal plain, together with a gently undulating hilly area further inland, the first foothills of the Massif Central.

Is Charente a city?

Area of departement of Charente is 5 955,99 km ². Population density of Charente is 58,27 inhabitants per km²….Department of Charente – 16.

Biggest cities of CharenteAngoulême
42 669
21.85
1 952.81
86 m

Which région is Bordeaux in?

Bordeaux, city and port, capital of Gironde département, Nouvelle-Aquitaine région, southwestern France. It lies along the Garonne River 15 miles (24 km) above its junction with the Dordogne and 60 miles (96 km) from its mouth, in a plain east of the wine-growing district of Médoc.