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. With towns such as Angoulême, the French capital of the comic strip, and Cognac, famous for its brandy and its Detective film festival, as well as charming villages, castles and Romanesque churches, the Gallo-Roman site of Chassenon, and rivers and lakes for water sports, there is plenty on offer for visitors.

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Angoulême
Cognac
The Charente valley
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
The lakes of Upper Charente
The Château of La Rochefoucauld
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

 
TOWNS

Mansle
Magnac-sur-Touvre
Saint-Même-les-Carrières
Brillac
Vitrac-Saint-Vincent
Eymouthiers
Brossac
Lignières-Sonneville

Bréville
Salles-Lavalette
Salles-de-Villefagnan
Vaux-Rouillac
Graves
Graves-Saint-Amant
Angeac-Charente
All towns in the Charente

 
EVENTS

Confolens Folklore Festival
International Comic Strip Festival

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PHOTOS

Angoulême
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
Barbezieux
Bassac abbey
Brigueuil
Brigueuil forest
Charente valley
Château of La Rochefoucauld
Cognac
Cognac vineyards
Confolens
Jarnac
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

 
NATIONAL LABELS

Cities of art and history
Most beautiful villages of France
Green resorts

Listed resorts
Towns and villages in Bloom

 
LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Gyroplane microlight flight over Charente
Spider trail in the trees

Kizou Aventures attraction park
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ACCOMMODATION

Hotels in the Charente
Vacation rentals in the Charente

Beds & Breakfast in the Charente
Campsites in the Charente

 
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