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
	Angoulême Graves-Saint-Amant Mansle Graves Lignières-Sonneville Salles-de-Villefagnan Magnac-sur-Touvre La Rochette Saint-Germain-de-Montbron	Suaux Lesterps Saint-Simon Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure Saint-Michel Puyréaux Berneuil Cognac All towns in the Charente

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

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