The

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

of Gond-Pontouvre 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 ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, southwestern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. Its borders were not modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in

Gond-Pontouvre Gond-Pontouvre () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is about 3 km north of the centre of Angoulême. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes ...

. It consists of the following communes: # Balzac # Champniers #

Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (; oc, Sent Iriès de Charanta) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente ...

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Cantons of Charente {{Charente-geo-stub