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| Department number: | 16 |
| Region: | Poitou-Charentes |
| Prefecture: | Angoulême |
| Subprefectures: | Cognac Confolens |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 35 |
| Communes: | 404 |
| President of the General Council: | Michel Boutant PS |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 66th |
| -1999 | 339,628 |
| Population density: | 57/km² |
| Land area¹: | 5956 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Angoulême is a commune in western France, capital of the Charente department. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Cognac is a commune in the French département of Charente, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Confolens is a town in in western France. It is one of the two Sous-prefecture of the Charente département. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 3 arrondissements of the Charente department are Arrondissement of Angoulême, ( prefecture of the Charente department The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 35 cantons of the Charente department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 404 communes of the Charente département in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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Charente (Saintongeais: Chérente, Occitan: T'Charanto) is a department in western France named after the Charente River. Saintongeais ( patouê saintonjhouê jhabrail) is a language spoken halfway down the western coast of France in the former provinces of Saintonge, Occitan ( IPA BrE: /ˈɒksɪtn/ AmE: /ˈɑksəˌtɑn/ known also as Lenga d'òc or Langue d'oc (native name occitan In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Charente is a River in western France, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.
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History
Charente is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was created from the former province of Angoumois, west and south of Saintonge. The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Angoumois was an old province of France, nearly corresponding today to the Charente département. Saintonge is a small region on the Atlantic coast of France within the département Charente-Maritime, west and south of Charente
Geography
The department is part of the current region of Poitou-Charentes. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, It is surrounded by the departments of Vienne, Haute-Vienne, Dordogne, Gironde, Charente-Maritime, and Deux-Sèvres. This article is about the French department Do not confuse with the Austrian capital Vienna. Haute-Vienne is a French department named after the Vienne River. Dordogne (Dordonha is a department in central France named after the Dordogne River. Gironde (Gironda is a common name for the Gironde Estuary - sound where merge the mouths of the Garonne river and of the Dordogne river - and for Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River. Deux-Sèvres is a French ''département''. ("Deux-Sèvres" is also a name occasionally used for Saint-Porchaire ware, a type of Faïence It contains part of the geographical regions of Poitou and Limousin. Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Limousin ( Occitan: Lemosin) is one of the 26 regions of France.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Charentais.
Economy
Cognac and pineau are two of the major agricultural products. Cognac (ˈkɒnjæk named after the town of Cognac in France, is a Brandy produced in the region surrounding the town Pineau des Charentes, ( Pineau Charentais, or simply Pineau) is regional French Aperitif, made in the Départements of Charente They also produce excellent butter. But the Charentaise slipper is the 2nd most well-known product (after cognac).
See also
- Cantons of the Charente department
- Communes of the Charente department
- Arrondissements of the Charente department
External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General Council website
- (English) Official Charente Tourist Board
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