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This article is about the city in France. For the drink, see Cognac (drink). Cognac (ˈkɒnjæk named after the town of Cognac in France, is a Brandy produced in the region surrounding the town

Coordinates: 45°41′45″N 0°19′45″W / 45.69583333334, -0.3291666667

Commune of Cognac

Cognac Town hall
Location
Cognac (France)
Cognac
Administration
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente
Arrondissement Cognac
Mayor Jérôme Mouhot
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 5 m–53 m
(avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. 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, 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 Charente ( Saintongeais: Chérente, Occitan: T'Charanto) is a department in western France named after the Charente The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Cognac is an arrondissement of France located in the Charente département, in the Poitou-Charentes A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 27 m)
Land area¹ 15. 5 km²
Population²
(1999)		 19,534
 - Density 1,260/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 16102/ 16100
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 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
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E
France

Cognac is a commune in the French département of Charente, of which it is a sub-prefecture. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. 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 Charente ( Saintongeais: Chérente, Occitan: T'Charanto) is a department in western France named after the Charente Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. The inhabitants of the town are known as Cognaçais.

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Geography

Cognac is situated on the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Saintes. The Charente is a River in western France, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. Angoulême is a commune in western France, capital of the Charente department. Saintes may refer to the following places Saintes Belgium Saintes Charente-Maritime, a commune of France in the Charente-Maritime department The majority of the town has been built on the river's left bank, with the smaller right bank area known as the Saint Jacques district.

The town is situated on one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostella. Santiago de Compostela (also Saint James of Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia and a UNESCO World

History

Unknown prior to the 9th century, the town was subsequently fortified. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. During the Hundred Years' War, the town changed sides on several occasions as the result of fighting and treaties in the region. The Hundred Years' War (Guerre de Cent Ans was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne vacant with the extinction of the senior

Francis I granted the town the right to trade salt along the river, guaranteeing strong commercial success, which in turn led to the town's development as a centre of wine and later brandy. Francis I (September 12 1494 &ndash March 31 1547 was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547 Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice Brandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn — “burnt wine” is a spirit produced by distilling Wine

Tourist sites

The town's medieval quarter "Vieux Cognac" runs from the Tours Saint-Jacques, alongside the river, up to the Saint-Léger church. The area contains many unusual buildings, built between the 15th and 18th centuries, situated on narrow cobbled streets. Many contain sculptures of the salamander, the symbol of King Francis I, as well as gargoyles and richly decorated facades. Salamander (orig from Persian: sām, "fire" and andarūn, "within" is the common name for a group of approximately 500 Species Francis I (September 12 1494 &ndash March 31 1547 was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547

The area also contains many Romanesque churches as well as several châteaux. The musée des arts du Cognac

The musée des arts du Cognac
The musée des arts du Cognac
The Château des Valois
The Château des Valois
The Château des Valois
The Château des Valois

Cognac

Main article: Cognac (drink)

The town gives its name to one of the world's best-known types of brandy or eau de vie. Cognac (ˈkɒnjæk named after the town of Cognac in France, is a Brandy produced in the region surrounding the town Drinks that bear this name must be made in certain areas around the town of Cognac and must be made according to strictly-defined regulations in order to be granted the name Cognac.

Economy

The region's economy is dominated by the manufacture of brandy. Industries surrounding this include:

Farmland that is unsuitable for winemaking, principally low-lying areas that are prone to late frosts, are used for growing cereals.

Recently, winemakers have increasingly made a table wine vin de pays charentais using totally different grapes and methods to those required for cognac. This is partly to limit the effects of any unforeseen problems with the growth of the main crops.

Tourism and associated industries have also developed strongly in recent years.

The town is also home to the French Air Force training base 709.

Population

Total population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
20798 22062 22237 20660 19528 19579

Miscellaneous

Famous residents

Sport

Twin towns

Cognac is twinned with:

External links

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Dictionary

cognac

-noun

  1. a brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France

Cognac

-proper noun

  1. a city in the Charente département of France, famous for cognac brandy
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