Charente-Maritime
French depairtment
Charente-Maritime (French pronunciation: [ʃa.ʁɑ̃t ma.ʁi.tim]) is a depairtment on the soothwastren coast o Fraunce named efter the Charente River.
Charente-Maritime | |
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 Prefectur biggin o the Charente-Maritime depairtment, in La Rochelle | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Charente-Maritime in Fraunce | |
| Coordinates: 45°57′N 0°58′W / 45.950°N 0.967°WCoordinates: 45°57′N 0°58′W / 45.950°N 0.967°W | |
| Kintra | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Prefectur | La Rochelle |
| Subprefecturs | Jonzac Rochefort Saintes Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Dominique Bussereau (UMP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6864 km2 (2,650 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 605,410 |
| • Rank | 39t |
| • Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department nummer | 17 |
| Arrondissements | 5 |
| Cantons | 27 |
| Communes | 472 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger than 1 km2 | |