Geography and Transport

The Charente Division is the south japanese section of the Poitou Charentes Area, bordering the Haute Vienne (Limousin) to the east, the Dordogne (Aquitaine) to the south. The neighbouring departments of Vienne (86) and Deux Sevres (79) are located to the north, and Charente Maritime (17) is located to the west. The important thing arterial routes via the division are the RN10 (north-south), which has vital stretches of motorway (notably round Angouleme), and the RN141 (east-west) which carries site visitors between Cognac – Angouleme – Limoges (Limousin).

While there’s a regional rail community working (TER) that hyperlinks a major variety of cities, the division has entry to the TGV (excessive pace practice) which carries passengers between Paris and Brussels within the North, and Bordeaux/Hendaye within the South. The TGV stops at each Ruffec and, extra continuously, Angouleme. The division has a business airport at Brie/Champniers, and this was not too long ago upgraded (new commerce and prolonged runway) and re-named Angouleme (Cognac) Airport prepared for the introduction of price range airline routes to the UK from early 2008. Previous to this, choices by air have been by way of La Rochelle, Poitiers, Limoges, Bordeaux and Bergerac.

Local weather
While Charente is inland, its local weather is pushed by the Atlantic Ocean, and this ends in heat (usually scorching) summers and funky (however not excessively chilly) winters. There’s little distinction between common temperatures throughout the division, though there may be vital variations in common rainfall.

Tourism
The attractive and picturesque Vienne River sweeps via the north east of the area by way of Confolens, however it’s the River Charente which performs a extra outstanding half within the Division, winding its method down by way of Ruffec to Angouleme which is its most inland navigable level. The River has traditionally performed a serious position as a commerce route for the motion of salt and cognac, however now gives many excellent alternatives for tourism.

Charente could also be well-known for the Charentaise Slipper, Cognac and Pineau des Charentes, however there’s a nice number of issues to see and do right here for guests. Picturesque lakes and rivers for outside pursuits like fishing, swimming and canoeing,historic buildings and monuments, fairly villages, spectacular castles, wildlife, animal parks and zoos, tranquil walks and cycle paths, rolling countryside and occasions as numerous as rock concert events, caricature festivals, folks festivals, scorching air ballooning and basic automobile racing.

The most well-liked sights (statistically) within the Charente are the Cognac Homes, the Monolithic Church of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, and the Museum of the Comedian Strip in Angouleme, while by far the preferred occasion was the Comedian Strip Competition in Angouleme.

Financial system
Main firms within the Charente are Cognac Homes like Hennessy, Remy/Cointreau and Martell, however as well as Leroy Somer (manufacturing/engineering), Schnieder Electrical and Auchan (supermarkets) even have a sizeable presence.