Saintes in Charente-Maritime

24 October 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Cobber17/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Cobber17/cc-by-sa-3.0

Saintes is a commune and historic town in southwestern France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Poitou-Charente. Its inhabitants are called Saintaises and Saintais. Saintes is the second largest city in Charente-Maritime, with 26,000 inhabitants in 2008. Its immediate surrounds form the second most populous metropolitan area in the department, with 57,000 inhabitants, the majority of which is fertile, productive fields; a significant minority for the region remains forest, its natural state.   read more…

The islands Île de Ré, Île d’Oléron and Île-d’Aix in the Atlantic

16 October 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  11 minutes

The island Île de Ré

Île de Ré - Saint-Martin de Ré © Brice Rothschild

Île de Ré – Saint-Martin de Ré © Brice Rothschild

Île de Ré is an island off the west coast of France near La Rochelle, on the northern side of the Pertuis d’Antioche strait. The island highest point has an elevation of 20 m ; the island is 30 km long and 5 km wide. A 2.9 km bridge, completed in 1988, connects it to La Rochelle on the mainland.   read more…

Cognac on the Charente

29 June 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Museum of the Arts © Mayhem2006

Museum of the Arts © Mayhem2006

Cognac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France with 19,000 inhabitants. It is a sub-prefecture of the department, some 120 kilometres north of Bordeaux. The inhabitants of the town are known as Cognaçais.   read more…

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