Charente-Maritime
French department
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Summary
Charente-Maritime is a department of France[1]. Charente-Maritime draws 3,778 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #29 of 147).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nouvelle-Aquitaine[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Dominique Bussereau[5]
- Capital: La Rochelle[6]
- Shares border with: Charente[7], Vendée[8], Deux-Sèvres[9], Gironde[10], Dordogne[11]
- Named after: Charente[12], sea[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of La Rochelle[14], Arrondissement of Rochefort[15], arrondissement of Saintes[16], arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély[17], arrondissement of Jonzac[18], Montroy[19], La Rochelle[20]
- Commons category: Charente-Maritime[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[22], UTC+02:00[23]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[24]
- Highest point: Q26846573[25]
- Official website: https://la.charente-maritime.fr/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Charente-Maritime[27]
- Commons gallery: Charente-Maritime[28]
- Population: 639,938[29], 644,303[30], 646,932[31], 651,358[32], 655,709[33], 661,404[34], 668,160[35], 672,279[36]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Charente-Maritime[37]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[38]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[40], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41]
- Official name: Charente-Maritime[42]
- List of monuments: list of historical monuments in Charente-Maritime[43]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Charente-Maritime[44]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Charente-Maritime[45]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Charente-Maritime[46]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Charente-Maritime[47]
- Area: 6864 km²[48]
Why It Matters
Charente-Maritime has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Charente-Maritime is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]