Charente

Also known as Department of Charente, Charente Department, département de la Charente, Département de la Charente

Charente (; Saintongese: Chérente; ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited. In 2023, it had a population of 352,683.

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Charente is a department (administrative division) in southwestern France named after the Charente River, which flows through its two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac. With a 2023 population of about 352,683 people, it is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and represents a significant area of rural and urban settlement in France's west.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Charente
Settlement.native_name: Chérente  (Saintongeais)
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline: Ang prefect.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building of the Charente department, in Angoulême
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Charente.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Charente.svg
Settlement.image_map: Charente-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Charente 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: Angoulême
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: CognacConfolens