Charente-Maritime department

Charente-Maritime
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
prefecture	La Rochelle
Sub-prefecture (s)	Jonzac Rochefort Saintes Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Residents	644,303 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	94 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,863.60 km²
Arrondissements	5
Community associations	13
Cantons	27
Communities	463
President of the Department Council	Dominique Bussereau ( UMP )
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-17
Location of the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Charente-Maritime [ ʃaˌʀãtmaʀitim ] is the French department of 17 with the ordinal number It is located in the west of the country on the Atlantic coast in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine and is named after the river Charente and after his maritime named location. The capital is the old fortified city of La Rochelle . From its establishment in 1790 until 1941, the department was called Charente-Inférieure .

geography

La Rochelle , the former capital of the province of Aunis and today's administrative center and largest city in the department

The Charente-Maritime is bordered to the north by the department of Vendée , in the northeast on the Deux-Sevres , on the east by the Charente , in the extreme southeast of the Dordogne department , on the south by the department of Gironde and the west by the Gironde and the Atlantic Ocean .

The most important rivers are the Sèvre Niortaise , predominantly northern border to the Vendée department, the eponymous Charente , which crosses the department in a westerly direction and flows into the Atlantic behind Rochefort , its right tributary Boutonne , further south the Seudre , whose estuary becomes extensive oyster- and mussel farming is used, and in the southeast the Dronne , which forms the short border to the Dordogne department.

The Charente-Maritime department also includes the islands of Île de Ré , Île d'Oléron , Île-d'Aix and Île Madame off the Atlantic coast .

The area around Saintes , especially that north of the city in the center of the department, forms the historic province of Saintonge .

coat of arms

Description: In the coat of arms, split in blue and red, a silver bishop's cap is accompanied by three (1; 2) golden lilies in the front and a golden crowned dove facing the other way round .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Charente-Maritime department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
La Rochelle	75,735	La Rochelle
Saintes	25,470	Saintes
Rochefort	24,151	Rochefort
Royan	18,398	Rochefort
Aytré	8,725	La Rochelle
Périgny	8,428	La Rochelle
Tonnay-Charente	8,010	Rochefort
Saujon	7.165	Saintes
Lagord	7,048	La Rochelle
Saint-Jean-d'Angély	6,976	Saint-Jean-d'Angély

Administrative division

The Charente-Maritime department is divided into 5 arrondissements , 27 cantons and 463 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Charente-Maritime department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Jonzac	4th	129	68.019	1,740.05	39	171
La Rochelle	9	58	216.972	852.65	254	173
Rochefort	12	78	190.481	1,534.64	124	172
Saintes	6th	88	116,443	1,320.29	88	174
Saint-Jean-d'Angély	3	110	52,388	1,415.97	37	175
Charente-Maritime department	27	463	644.303	6,863.60	94	17th

Until 1790, the historical provinces of Aunis and Saintonge and a small proportion of the provinces of Poitou and Angoumois were located in the area of ​​today's department

See also:

• List of communes in the Charente-Maritime department
• List of cantons in the Charente-Maritime department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Charente-Maritime department

climate

Observation station: Pointe de la Coubre, 150 m from the sea, at the exit of the Gironde

Maritime climate data	J	F.	M.	A.	M.	J	J	A.	S.	O	N	D.
mean maximum temperature	9	10	12	15th	18th	21st	23	23	21st	18th	13	10
mean low temperature	3	4th	5	7th	11	14th	16	16	14th	11	7th	5
Number of very sunny days	3	3	4.5	4.5	4th	5	7th	6th	5	5	3	2.5
Number of days with an overcast sky	17th	13	13	10	10	7th	6th	6th	9	10	15th	16
Number of rainy days	13	11	10	9	9	7th	6th	8th	9	10	13	13
Rainfall in mm	85	70	55	50	50	40	35	55	70	75	95	92
Water temperature near the coast	10	10	11	13	14th	17th	19th	20th	19th	17th	15th	12

Days per year with

• Rainfalls over 1 mm: 118
• Frost: 26
  • first frost: late November
  • last frost: mid-March
• Snow: 2
• Thunderstorm: 12
• Hail: 3

(As of 1991)

Web links

Commons : Département Charente-Maritime  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Charente-Maritime department (French)
• Prefecture of the Charente-Maritime department (French)
• Current events in Charente-Maritime (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ charente-maritime.fr, accessed on May 3, 2015.
2. ↑ Climate data from: Jean-Noël Darde: Plages et côtes de France. Éditions Balland, Paris 1991.

Coordinates: 45 ° 51 ′  N , 0 ° 44 ′  W