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Charente (river)
The Charente (; oc, Charanta ) is a long river in southwestern France. Its source is in the Haute-Vienne ''département'' at Chéronnac, a small village near Rochechouart. It flows through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime. The river flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Rochefort. Navigation The Charente was described by the French king François I as 'the most beautiful river in the kingdom', and was navigable in its natural state until mills were erected at many locations in the 14th century. Some locks were built but through navigation remained impossible for centuries. Improvements to the navigation were projected under Louis XVI in 1772, but work was interrupted by the Revolution. The project was revived under the Restoration and canalisation completed in 1835. The waterway was abandoned in 1957. The ''départements'' took over operation in 1963, and recreational vessels have now taken possession of the waterway throughout the 164 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonnay-Charente
Tonnay-Charente () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. In the 18th century, it was the home town of prominent Irish physician Dr. Theobald Jennings and his son, Irish-born French General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine who fought in the American war of Independence and, more significantly, in the French revolutionary wars with Napoleon I of France. There is a personal portrait of General Kilmaine in the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Tonnay-Charente. Rue Kilmaine, a street in Tonnay-Charente was named in his honor. Population See also * Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaolin Deposits Of The Charentes Basin
The Kaolin deposits of the Charentes Basin in France are clay deposits formed sedimentarily and then confined by other geological structures. Overview The geological unit called Charentes basin is composed of Eocene and Oligocene deposits, laid above karstic limestone formations of the Campanian, in the north of the Aquitaine Basin. The Charentes basin is named after the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime. The kaolin clays of Charentes belong to this mainly continental formation often referred as ''siderolithic'', of which the principal outcrop is situated in the South of the Charente-Maritime department, going north-east from Bordeaux city. The quarries are scattered along a long, wide, north - south band. The clay concentrations of economic value are composed of a succession of clays, sands and pebbles. This torrential-stream deposit, close to enlaced rivers, laid to the deposition of sandy-clayey materials, with a variable iron content, coming from a lateritic we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civray, Vienne
Civray () is a commune in the Vienne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France. Population See also *Communes of the Vienne department The following is a list of the 266 communes of the Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Vienne Poitou {{Vienne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montignac-Charente
Montignac-Charente () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population Sights and monuments * Château de Montignac - keep and remains of an 11th-13th century castle, listed since 1962 as a ''monument historique'' by the Ministry of Culture. * The bronze bell in the parish church of Notre-Dame weighs 200 kg and dates from 1666 and has been classified by the French Ministry of Culture as a ''monument historique'' since 1944. It is engraved: ::SANCTA+MARIA+ORA+PRO+NOBIS+ME+FRANÇOIS CAZIER+PRETRE+CURE+DE L'EGLISE+DE+NOSTRE+DAME+DE+MONTIGNAC+CHARANTE+PARRIN+TRES+HAUT+TRES PUISSANT+ET+TRES ILLUSTRE+MESSIRE CHARLES+DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD+PAIR+DE+FRANCE+MARRINE+TRES HAUTE+ET+TRES PUISSANTE DAME AGNES+DUPLESSIS+DE+LEANCOURT+PRINCESSE+DE+MARSILLAC FABRICEURS+MES+CHARLES+THINON+ET PIERRE+PAPPOTP.CHARPENTIER M'A FONDU EN 1666. See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente department of France. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taillebourg, Charente-Maritime
Taillebourg () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is built on a rock, overlooking the river Charente, 9 km downstream from Saintes. The place was first mentioned as ''terra Talleburgi'' in 1267. It was the site of three battles that bear its name: Battle of Taillebourg, on account of its strategically important position as a river crossing. There was also a fourth action, a siege. The château dominates the town and was the garrison of Louis IX (known as 'Saint Louis'), before the eponymous 1242 battle. The ancient bridge over the Charente has since been destroyed but there is a long causeway, which spans the surrounding marshes and serves to keep the road open, even during times of flooding. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Savinien
Saint-Savinien () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in southwestern France. INSEE Population History Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente is one of the most picturesque communes in Roman Saintonge. It dates back to the Roman times.Sights *Château de la CaveSee also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime departmentReferences Communes of Charente-Maritime County of Saintonge {{CharenteMaritime-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soubise, Charente-Maritime
Soubise () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is situated on the left bank of the river Charente opposite Rochefort and is a former shipbuilding centre. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Charente-Maritime Burial sites of the House of Rohan {{CharenteMaritime-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vergeroux
Vergeroux () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Charente-Maritime {{CharenteMaritime-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnieure
The Bonnieure () is a river in the Charente ''département'', southwestern France, left tributary to the river Charente. It is long. Its source is in Genouillac, in the east of the department. It flows into the Charente near Mansle. Another town along the Bonnieure is Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure. The Tardoire The Tardoire () is a river in southwestern France, left tributary to the river Bonnieure. It is long. Its source is in Châlus, in the Haute-Vienne ''département''. It flows into the Bonnieure near Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure. Over much of its le ... is a left tributary of the Bonnieure. References Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Charente {{France-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boutonne
The Boutonne () is a long river in the Deux-Sèvres and Charente-Maritime departments in western France. Its source is in the village of Chef-Boutonne (french: head of the Boutonne). It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Charente into which it flows near Cabariot. Departments and communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Deux-Sèvres: Chef-Boutonne, Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues, Chérigné, Lusseray, Brioux-sur-Boutonne, Vernoux-sur-Boutonne, Séligné, Brieuil-sur-Chizé, Villefollet, Villiers-sur-Chizé, Chizé, Le Vert *Charente-Maritime: Dampierre-sur-Boutonne, Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne, Coivert, Blanzay-sur-Boutonne, Saint-Georges-de-Longuepierre, Saint-Martial, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle, Nuaillé-sur-Boutonne, Saint-Pardoult, Les Églises-d'Argenteuil, Antezant-la-Chapelle, Vervant, Poursay-Garnaud, Courcelles, Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Ternant, La Vergne, Voissay, Torxé, Les Noui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seugne
The Seugne () is an long river in the Charente-Maritime département, in western France, left tributary of the Charente. Its source is in the commune of Montlieu-la-Garde, west of the village. It flows generally north-northwest. North from Colombiers, the Seugne splits in some branches, the main one flowing into the Charente at Courcoury, east of the village and the others 3, 4, 6 and 7 km downstream at Courcoury and Les Gonds. Communes it runs through (ordered from source to mouth) * Montlieu-la-Garde, Pouillac, Chepniers, Sainte-Colombe, Polignac, Chatenet, Le Pin, Mérignac, Sousmoulins, Pommiers-Moulons, Vibrac, Chaunac, Léoville, Fontaines-d'Ozillac, Saint-Médard, Champagnac, Jonzac, Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan, Lussac, Clion, Saint-Georges-Antignac, Mosnac, Fléac-sur-Seugne, Belluire, Pons, Bougneau, Saint-Léger, Colombiers, Montils, La Jard, Berneuil, Les Gonds, Courcoury Courcoury () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
