Charente (Department, France)

Last modified: 2005-04-02 by ivan sache
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• Administrative data
• Flag of the department
• Flag of the General Council

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Charente (Department, France): Yacht clubs and rowing clubs

Administrative data

Code: 16
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Traditional provinces: Angoumois, Saintonge, Poitou
Bordering departments: Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Deux-Sèvres, Vienne, Haute-Vienne

Area: 5,956 km²
Population (1995): 341,200 inhabitants

Préfecture: Angoulême
Sous-préfectures: Cognac, Confolens
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 35 cantons, 405 communes.

The department is named after the river Charente (360 km), tributary of Atlantic Ocean.

Flag of the department

The banner of arms of the traditional province of Angoumois is widely used in the department of Charente.

Pascal Vagnat, 26 March 2005

Flag of the General Council