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Charente-Maritime

Also known as Charente-Inférieure, Charente-Inferieure

Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Chérente-Marine; ) is a department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2023, it had a population of 672,279, with an area of 6,864 square kilometres (2,650 sq mi).

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Charente-Maritime is a department located on France's west coast in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, named after the Charente river and governed from the city of La Rochelle. With a population of 672,279 people spread across 6,864 square kilometers, it is an established administrative division of France.

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Settlement.name: Charente-Maritime
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline: Hôtel Lanusse, préfecture (La Rochelle).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building in La Rochelle
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of the Department of Charente-Maritime.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Charente-Maritime.svg
Settlement.image_map: Charente-Maritime-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Charente-Maritime in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: La Rochelle
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: JonzacRochefortSaintesSaint-Jean-d'Angély

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: department of France
Named after: sea
Official name: Charente-Inférieure
Country: France
Located in: Poitou-Charentes
Contains: La Rochelle
Capital: Saintes
Population: 672279
Area: 6864
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Head of government: Dominique Bussereau
Shares border with: Dordogne
Official website: la.charente-maritime.fr
Image: 920 - Hôtel Poupet Préfecture 40 rue Réaumur - La Rochelle.jpg

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Commons category: Charente-Maritime
inception: 1790-03-04
topic's main category: Category:Charente-Maritime
Commons gallery: Charente-Maritime
category for people born here: Category:Births in Charente-Maritime
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Charente-Maritime
category of associated people: Category:People from Charente-Maritime
annual number of weddings: 2253
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
social media followers: 12309

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Encyclopedic overview

60 sections

Contents

History
Prehistory
Paleolithic
Neolithic Revolution
Antiquity
The Santoni
High Roman Empire and Gallo-Roman Period
Late Roman Empire and First Barbarian Invasions
Early modern period
Early Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
Hundred Years' War
Early modern period
Renaissance
The Reformation
Wars of Religion
17th century
From the Edict of Nantes to the Assassination of Henri IV
Aunis and Saintonge Under the Reign of Louis XIII
Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628)
The Peace of Alès and the Counter-Reformation
The Reign of Louis XIV and the 1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
1666: Creation of Rochefort
1694: Creation of the Généralité de La Rochelle
18th century
Return to Prosperity in the Age of Enlightenment
Revolution
The Terror
Contemporary times
Charente-Inférieure During the First Empire
Charente-Inférieure During the Restoration
Charente-Inférieure During the July Monarchy
Charente-Inférieure During the Second Republic
Charente-Inférieure During the Second Empire
Charente-Inférieure during the Third Republic (1870-1940)
The Slow Establishment of the Republican Idea
The Belle Époque: Radical Domination
A Great War Is Seen from Afar
Between the Wars
World War II
Post-war
1945-1960: The Feverish Years of Reconstruction
1960-1975: Modernization Underway
1975-1990: Continued Modernization Against a Backdrop of Economic Crisis
Charente-Maritime Today
Geography
Administrative borders
Principal towns
Climate
Economy
Demographics
Politics
Departmental Council of Charente-Maritime
National representation
Tourism
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

==History== thumb|left|Charente-Maritime and the Provinces of France|former provinces composing it, mostly Saintonge and [[Aunis|234x234px]] The history of the department begins with a decree from the Constituent Assembly on 22 December 1789, which took effect on 4 March 1790, creating it as one of the 83 original departments during the French Revolution. Named "Charente-Inférieure" after the lower course of the Charente, it was renamed Charente-Maritime on 4 September 1941, during World War II, reflecting its Atlantic coast identity. The department encompasses most of the former province of Saintonge (excluding Cognaçais and Barbezilien, part of Charente, and the duchy-pairie of Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, in Deux-Sèvres), nearly all of Aunis, and the Pays d'Aulnay from Poitou.

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