The canton of Charente-Vienne is an administrative division of the
Charente
Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, an ...
France
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. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Confolens.
It consists of the following communes:
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Ambernac
Ambernac () is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Ambernacois'' or ''Ambernacoises''.
Geography
Location and access
The commune of Amber ...
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Ansac-sur-Vienne
Ansac-sur-Vienne (, literally ''Ansac on Vienne''; oc, Ançac) is a commune in the Charente department in Southwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Charente department
The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Char ...
Chabanais
Chabanais (; oc, Chabanès) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Geography
The river Vienne passes through Chabanais. The village is located in the Rochechouart impact structure. The ancient asteroid impact crate ...
Chassenon
Chassenon (; oc, Chassanom) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
History
The ancient name of the village was ''Cassinomagus''.
Situated on the Agrippan Way (Lyon - Saintes), Cassinomagus was, in the Roman times, ...
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Chirac
Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma ...
Esse
Esse may refer to:
Places
* Essé, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, northwestern France
* Esse, Charente, a commune in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France
* Esse, Cameroon, a town and commune ...
Pressignac
Pressignac (; oc, Pressinhac) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
The village has thirty or so hamlets scattered around the outskirts. These include: Bandes, Bonetève, Bors, Bouchet, Bournet, Château Banal, Chauff ...