Saintes

Saintes is a city on the Charente river in , in southwestern France. It was the capital of the historical Saintogne County, many landmarks from its glorious past have been preserved, and as such it has been classified as a Ville d'art et d'histoire.
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  • Town with about 25,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code XST
  • …was called “Xantes” during the French Revolution
  • Description: commune in Charente-Maritime, France
  • Postal codes
    17100
    17136 AIR
  • Also known as
    “Mediolanum Santonum”
    “Saintes, Charente-Maritime”
    “Santas”
    “Sentas”
    “Sénte”
    “Xaintes”
    “Xantes”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arch of Germanicus and Saintes station.
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The is an ancient Roman arch in Saintes, Charente-Maritime in France.
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Railway station
Gare de Saintes is a railway station serving the town…
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Archaeological site
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fontcouverte.
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Village
is a commune in the department in southwestern . is situated 4 km northeast of Saintes.

Saintes

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Latitude
45.7461° or 45° 44′ 46″ north
Longitude
-0.6301° or 0° 37′ 48″ west
UN/LOCODE
FR SIN
Open location code
8CQXP9W9+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26691651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2980340
Wiki­data ID
Q191126

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Saintes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Saintes”
  • Amharic: “ሰንት፣ ፈረንሳይ”
  • Arabic: “سانتس”
  • Aragonese: “Saintes”
  • Armenian: “Սենտ”
  • Arpitan: “Saintes”
  • Asturian: “Saintes”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sent”
  • Bambara: “Saintes”
  • Bashkir: “Сент”
  • Basque: “Saintes”
  • Basque: “Santas”
  • Basque: “Sentas”
  • Basque: “Sénte”
  • Basque: “Xantes”
  • Bavarian: “Saintes”
  • Belarusian: “Сент”
  • Breton: “Saintes”
  • Breton: “Santas”
  • Breton: “Sentas”
  • Breton: “Sénte”
  • Breton: “Xantes”
  • Bulgarian: “Сент”
  • Cajun French: “Saintes”
  • Catalan: “Mediolanum Santonum”
  • Catalan: “Saintes”
  • Catalan: “Santas”
  • Catalan: “Santes”
  • Catalan: “Sentas”
  • Catalan: “Sénte”
  • Catalan: “Xainctes”
  • Catalan: “Xaintes”
  • Catalan: “Xantes”
  • Cebuano: “Saintes (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Saintes”
  • Chechen: “Сент”
  • Chinese: “桑特”
  • Corsican: “Saintes”
  • Croatian: “Saintes”
  • Czech: “Saintes”
  • Danish: “Saintes”
  • Dutch: “Saintes”
  • Dutch: “Santas”
  • Dutch: “Sentas”
  • Dutch: “Sénte”
  • Dutch: “Xantes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سانتس”
  • Esperanto: “Mediolanum Santonum”
  • Esperanto: “Saintes”
  • Esperanto: “Santas”
  • Esperanto: “Sentas”
  • Esperanto: “Sénte”
  • Esperanto: “Xantes”
  • Estonian: “Saintes”
  • Faroese: “Saintes”
  • Finnish: “Saintes”
  • French: “Mediolanum Santonum”
  • French: “Saintes”
  • French: “Santas”
  • French: “Sentas”
  • French: “Sénte”
  • French: “Xantes”
  • Friulian: “Saintes”
  • Galician: “Saintes”
  • German: “Mediolanum Santonum”
  • German: “Saintes”
  • German: “Santas”
  • German: “Sentas”
  • German: “Sénte”
  • German: “Xantes”
  • Greek: “Mediolanum Santonum”
  • Greek: “Σαιντ”
  • Hebrew: “סאנט”
  • Hungarian: “Saintes”
  • Icelandic: “Saintes”
  • Ido: “Saintes”
  • Indonesian: “Saintes”
  • Interlingua: “Saintes”
  • Interlingue: “Saintes”
  • Irish: “Saintes”
  • Italian: “Saintes”
  • Italian: “Santas”
  • Italian: “Sentas”
  • Italian: “Sénte”
  • Italian: “Xantes”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Saintes”
  • Japanese: “サント”
  • Jèrriais: “Saintes”
  • Kabyle: “Saintes”
  • Kalaallisut: “Saintes”
  • Kongo: “Saintes”
  • Korean: “생트”
  • Kurdish: “Saintes, Charente-Maritime”
  • Ladin: “Saintes”
  • Latin: “Mediolanum Santonum”
  • Latin: “Saintes”
  • Latin: “Santonum”
  • Latvian: “Saintes”
  • Latvian: “Santas”
  • Latvian: “Sentas”
  • Latvian: “Sénte”
  • Latvian: “Xantes”
  • Ligurian: “Saintes”
  • Limburgan: “Saintes”
  • Lithuanian: “Saintes”
  • Lithuanian: “Santas”
  • Lithuanian: “Sentas”
  • Lithuanian: “Sénte”
  • Lithuanian: “Xantes”
  • Low German: “Saintes”
  • Low German: “Santas”
  • Low German: “Sentas”
  • Low German: “Sénte”
  • Low German: “Xantes”
  • Luxembourgish: “Saintes”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Saintes”
  • Malagasy: “Saintes”
  • Malay: “Saintes, Charente-Maritime”
  • Malay: “Saintes”
  • Maltese: “Saintes”
  • Mazanderani: “سنت، شارانت-ماریتیم”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saintes”
  • Minangkabau: “Saintes”
  • Neapolitan: “Saintes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saintes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saintes”
  • Norwegian: “Saintes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mediolanum Santonum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Saintes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Santas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sentas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sénte”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Xantes”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Seintes”
  • Papiamento: “Saintes”
  • Persian: “سن کانتن، ازن”
  • Persian: “سنت، شارانت-ماریتیم”
  • Persian: “سنت”
  • Picard: “Saintes”
  • Piemontese: “Saintes”
  • Polish: “Saintes”
  • Portuguese: “Saintes”
  • Portuguese: “Santas”
  • Portuguese: “Sentas”
  • Portuguese: “Sénte”
  • Portuguese: “Xantes”
  • Prussian: “Saintes”
  • Romagnol: “Saintes”
  • Romanian: “Saintes, Charente-Maritime”
  • Romanian: “Saintes”
  • Romansh: “Saintes”
  • Russian: “Сент”
  • Sardinian: “Saintes”
  • Scots: “Saintes”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Saintes”
  • Serbian: “Saintes”
  • Serbian: “Сент”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Saintes”
  • Sicilian: “Saintes”
  • Silesian: “Saintes”
  • Slovak: “Saintes”
  • Slovenian: “Saintes”
  • Spanish: “Saintes”
  • Spanish: “Santas”
  • Spanish: “Sentas”
  • Spanish: “Sénte”
  • Spanish: “Xantes”
  • Swahili: “Saintes”
  • Swedish: “Saintes”
  • Swedish: “Santas”
  • Swedish: “Sentas”
  • Swedish: “Sénte”
  • Swedish: “Xantes”
  • Swiss German: “Saintes”
  • Swiss German: “Santas”
  • Swiss German: “Sentas”
  • Swiss German: “Sénte”
  • Swiss German: “Xantes”
  • Tatar: “Сент”
  • Turkish: “Saintes, Charente-Maritime”
  • Turkish: “Saintes”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент”
  • Urdu: “سانت، شارنت-ماریتائم”
  • Urdu: “سینتیس، چارینتے-مریتھمے”
  • Uzbek: “Sent”
  • Venetian: “Saintes”
  • Vietnamese: “Saintes, Charente-Maritime”
  • Vietnamese: “Saintes”
  • Vlaams: “Saintes”
  • Volapük: “Saintes”
  • Walloon: “Saintes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saintes, Charente-Maritime”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Saintes”
  • Welsh: “Saintes”
  • Wolof: “Saintes”
  • Wu Chinese: “桑特”
  • Yue Chinese: “Saintes, Charente-Maritime”
  • Zulu: “Saintes”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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