Cognac, Charente

Cognac
Cognac
	Coat airms
	Cognac Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Cognac
	Coordinates: 45°42′N 0°20′W / 45.70°N 0.33°WCoordinates: 45°42′N 0°20′W / 45.70°N 0.33°W
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Depairtment	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Govrenment
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Gourinchas
Area 1	15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	19,066
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16102 /16100
Elevation	5–53 m (16–174 ft) ; (avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
	1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Cognac (French pronunciation: [kɔɲak]; Occitan: Conhac, [kuˈɲak]) is a commune in the Charente depairtment, soothwastren Fraunce.

Twin touns—sister ceeties

Cognac is twinned wi:

Cognac

Coat airms
Cognac Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Cognac
Coordinates: 45°42′N 0°20′W / 45.70°N 0.33°W / 45.70; -0.33Coordinates: 45°42′N 0°20′W / 45.70°N 0.33°W / 45.70; -0.33
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Depairtment	Charente
Arrondissement	Cognac
Govrenment
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Gourinchas
Area ¹	15.5 km² (6.0 sq mi)
Population (2008)²	19,066
• Density	1,200/km² (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16102 /16100
Elevation	5–53 m (16–174 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
¹ French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. ² Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.