Marennes () is a former

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in the

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...

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, southwestern

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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune

Marennes-Hiers-Brouage Marennes-Hiers-Brouage () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in southwestern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Marennes, Charente-Maritime, Mar ...

.Arrêté préfectoral
27 November 2018

History

For a long time it was one of the most prosperous cities of the

Saintonge Saintonge may refer to: *County of Saintonge, a historical province of France on the Atlantic coast *Saintonge (region), a region of France corresponding to the historical province Places *Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, a commune in the Charente-Mari ...

due to its location in the middle of the salt-water marshes at a time where salt was a valuable commodity. Marennes is a center for

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Population

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Former communes of Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Populated places disestablished in 2019 {{CharenteMaritime-geo-stub County of Saintonge