Charente-Maritime department
Charente-Maritime | |
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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
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 :
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 |

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. |
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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
- Charente-Maritime department (French)
- Prefecture of the Charente-Maritime department (French)
- Current events in Charente-Maritime (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ charente-maritime.fr, accessed on May 3, 2015.
- ↑ Climate data from: Jean-Noël Darde: Plages et côtes de France. Éditions Balland, Paris 1991.
Coordinates: 45 ° 51 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ W