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Cognac, Charente

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(Reguidit frae Cognac, Fraunce)
Cognac
Coat of airms o Cognac
Coat airms
Cognac is located in Fraunce
Cognac
Cognac
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Cognac is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Cognac
Cognac
Coordinates: 45°42′N 0°20′W / 45.70°N 0.33°W / 45.70; -0.33Coordinates: 45°42′N 0°20′W / 45.70°N 0.33°W / 45.70; -0.33
KintraFraunce
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepairtmentCharente
ArrondissementCognac
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Michel Gourinchas
Area
1
15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)2
19,066
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16102 /16100
Elevation5–53 m (16–174 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Cognac (French pronunciation: ​[kɔɲak]; Occitan: Conhac, [kuˈɲak]) is a commune in the Charente depairtment, soothwastren Fraunce.

Twin touns—sister ceeties

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Cognac is twinned wi:

References

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  1. "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
  2. "Tovuz in Azerbaijan, Cognac in France become sister cities retrieved 22 May 2015". Archived frae the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2015.