Empuré () is a commune in 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 ...

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in southwestern France. Bounded on the west by the Fountaine de Frédières, a small tributary of the Aume, the town lies on a plateau, located 3 km northwest of

Villefagnan Villefagnan () 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 Charente department of France. The communes coopera ...

and 13 km west of Ruffec. The main crop is cereals. The main route is the D27 route which crosses the commune from the north-west to south-east, which passes near the town of Empuré. The communes contains the hamlets Planchard in the west bordering the commune of Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie, Le Pouyaud to the north of the town and Bellevue etc.

Population

Sights

Église Saint-Maixent, a remarkable building from the twelfth century is characterised by its arched gateway, and the symbolic corbels that adorn its façade. It was classified a historical monument on 9 May 1914. There is also a chateau in the commune and a town hall, built in the 16th century.

References

Communes of Charente {{Charente-geo-stub