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Cognac is a commune in France, located in the Charente department within the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the arrondissement of Cognac and the cantons of Cognac-Nord, Cognac-Sud, and Cognac-2. The town has a population of 22,237, with 8,747 males recorded. Its area is 15.5 square kilometers, and it sits at an elevation of 53 meters above sea level. The earliest written record of the place dates to 1215.
The commune shares borders with Boutiers-Saint-Trojan, Châteaubernard, Cherves-Richemont, and Javrezac. Cognac is twinned with Perth, Denison, Königswinter, and Valdepeñas. Its postal code is 16100, and it operates in the Europe/Paris timezone. The native label for the town is Conhac.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cognac
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 20,868
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Cognac
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Charente
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 18606
- Area
- 15.5
- Elevation
- 53
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Charente
- Capital of
- canton of Cognac-1
- Shares border with
- Val-de-Cognac
- Official website
- www.ville-cognac.fr
- Image
- Cognac stjac.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Vyškov
- topic's main category
- Category:Cognac
- Commons category
- Cognac
- postal code
- 16100
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Cognac
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Cognac
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cognac, France
- native label
- Conhac
- time of earliest written record
- 1215-00-00
- male population
- 8747
- female population
- 10078
- P8168
- Nebuchadenzar
- different from
- Cognac
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.ville-cognac.fr/Contact.html
- phone number
- +33-5-45-36-55-36
- fax number
- +33-5-45-82-86-41
- Commons gallery
- Cognac (Charente)
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Travel guide
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The Charente is navigable from Angoulême to the sea. Boats can be rented without a license.
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Encyclopedic overview
Cognac ( French pronunciation: [kɔɲak] ; Saintongese: Cougnat; Occitan: Conhac [kuˈɲak] ) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Administratively, the commune of Cognac is a subprefecture of the Charente department.
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