Charente

Charente

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Crossed by the Charente river and its numerous affluents, the Charente département offers a wide range of attractions and activities with its landscapes of hills, vineyards, lakes, prairies and woods. Cities with a rich heritage such as Angoulême, the French capital of the comic strip, and Cognac, famous for its brandy and its Detective film festival, the charming villages, the castles and the Romanesque churches, the Gallo-Roman site of Chassenon, the streams and the water ponds great for water sports leisure activities… So many wonders that will delight all the discovery seekers.

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Angoulême
Cognac
The Charente valley
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
The lakes of Upper Charente
The Rochefoucauld castle
Verteuil-sur-Charente
Tusson
The Saint-Amant-de-Boixe abbey
Touvre
Villebois-Lavalette
Confolens

The Chassenon thermal baths
Jarnac
Ruffec
The Maine-Giraud manor house
Barbezieux
The Cognac vineyards
Pineau des Charentes

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TOWNS

Angoulême
Graves-Saint-Amant
Mansle
Graves
Lignières-Sonneville
Salles-de-Villefagnan
Magnac-sur-Touvre
La Rochette
Saint-Germain-de-Montbron

Lesterps
Saint-Simon
Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure
Saint-Michel
Berneuil
Cognac
Soyaux
Ruelle-sur-Touvre
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PHOTOS

Angoulême
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
Barbezieux
Bassac abbey
Brigueuil
Brigueuil forest
Charente valley
Cognac
Cognac vineyards
Confolens
Jarnac
La Rochefoucauld castle
Lakes of Upper Charente
Landscapes of the Charente

Ligné
Maine-Giraud manor house
Mercerie castle
Montignac-Charente
Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard
Ruffec
Saint-Amant-de-Boixe abbey
Saint-Brice
Thermes de Chassenon
Torsac
Touvre
Tusson
Verteuil-sur-Charente
Villebois-Lavalette

 
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