Charente
French depairtment
Charente (French pronunciation: [ʃa.ʁɑ̃t], Saintongeais: Chérente, Occitan: Charanta) is a depairtment in soothwastren Fraunce, in the Poitou-Charentes region, named efter the Charente River.
Charente | |
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Prefectur biggin o the Charente depairtment, in Angoulême | |
![]() Location o Charente in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 45°50′N 0°20′E / 45.833°N 0.333°ECoordinates: 45°50′N 0°20′E / 45.833°N 0.333°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Poitou-Charentes |
Prefectur | Angoulême |
Subprefecturs | Cognac Confolens |
Govrenment | |
• President of the General Council | Michel Boutant (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 5956 km2 (2,300 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 349,535 |
• Rank | 67t |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment nummer | 16 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 19 |
Communes | 404 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 |