Charente

The Charente is a 381-kilometre long river in southwestern France. Its source is in the department of at , a small village near .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in France
  • Also known as: “Carantonus”, “Charente River”, and “La Charente Rivière”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Villa les Tourelles and Fort Lapointe.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Building
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is a building.

Fountain
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is a fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port-des-Barques and Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente.

Village
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is a commune in the department of , and the region of New Aquitaine, southwestern . It was created in 1947 from part of .

Village
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is a commune in the department in southwestern . In the 1680s, was constructed near . is situated 2½ km southeast of Charente.

Village
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, also known as Fouras-les-Bains, is a commune in the French department of , administrative region of . It lies 34 km south of . is situated 4 km north of Charente.

Charente

Latitude
45.95395° or 45° 57′ 14″ north
Longitude
-1.07494° or 1° 4′ 30″ west
Open location code
8CQWXW3G+H2
Geo­Names ID
3026647
Wiki­data ID
Q123362
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Charente” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شارنت”
  • Arabic: “شرنت”
  • Arabic: “شَرَنت”
  • Armenian: “Շարանտ (գետ)”
  • Armenian: “Շարանտ”
  • Basque: “Charente”
  • Belarusian: “Шаранта”
  • Bengali: “শারঁত নদী”
  • Bengali: “শারঁত”
  • Breton: “Charente”
  • Bulgarian: “Шарант”
  • Catalan: “Charanta”
  • Cebuano: “Charente”
  • Chinese: “夏朗德河”
  • Czech: “Charente”
  • Dutch: “Charente (rivier)”
  • Dutch: “Charente”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شارنت”
  • Esperanto: “Charente”
  • Finnish: “Charente”
  • French: “Charente”
  • Galician: “río Charente”
  • German: “Charente”
  • Greek: “Σαράντ”
  • Hebrew: “שראנט”
  • Hungarian: “Charente”
  • Irish: “Charente”
  • Italian: “Charente”
  • Japanese: “シャラント川”
  • Kazakh: “Шаранта”
  • Korean: “샤랑트강”
  • Latin: “Carantonus”
  • Lithuanian: “Šaranta”
  • Luxembourgish: “Charente”
  • Macedonian: “Шаранта”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Charente”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Charente”
  • Norwegian: “Charente”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Charanta”
  • Ossetian: “Шарантæ”
  • Persian: “شرانت”
  • Piemontese: “Charente”
  • Polish: “Charente”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Carântono”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Charente”
  • Romanian: “Charente”
  • Russian: “Шаранта”
  • Serbian: “Шарант”
  • Slovenian: “Charente”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شرانت چایی”
  • Spanish: “Charente”
  • Spanish: “rio Charente”
  • Spanish: “río Charente”
  • Spanish: “Río Charente”
  • Swahili: “Mto Charente”
  • Swedish: “Charente”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаранта”
  • Uzbek: “Sharanta (daryo)”
  • Uzbek: “Sharanta”
  • Welsh: “Afon Charente”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort de Piédemont and Pointe de Piédemont.

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