Saintes
commune in Charente-Maritime, France
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Summary
Saintes is a commune of France[1]. Saintes ranks in the top 0.62% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,534 views/month, #191 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Charente-Maritime[3], arrondissement of Saintes[4]
- Country: France[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Charente[6]
- Head of government: Jean Rouger[7]
- Shares border with: Bussac-sur-Charente[8], Chaniers[9], Chermignac[10], Écurat[11], Fontcouverte[12], Les Gonds[13], Nieul-lès-Saintes[14], Pessines[15], Port-d'Envaux[16], Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux[17], Thénac[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Xanten[19], Salisbury[20], Nivelles[21], Timbuktu[22], Vladimir[23], Cuevas del Almanzora[24], West University Place[25]
- Postal code: 17100[26]
- Commons category: Saintes (Charente-Maritime)[27]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[28], UTC+02:00[29]
- Archives at: archives municipales de Saintes[30]
- Official website: http://www.ville-saintes.fr[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Saintes, Charente-Maritime[32]
- Commons gallery: Saintes[33]
- Email address: mailto:info@ville-saintes.fr[34]
- Population: 25,601[35], 25,288[36], 26,890[37], 25,470[38], 25,148[39], 26,507[40], 26,891[41], 25,471[42], 25,874[43], 25,595[44], 26,531[45], 25,586[46], 25,287[47], 25,412[48]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Saintes[49]
- Phone number: +33-5-46-92-34-45[50]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[52], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[53]
- Capital of: arrondissement of Saintes[54], canton of Saintes-Ouest[55], canton of Saintes-Est[56], canton of Saintes-Nord[57], canton of Saintes[58]
- Official name: Saintes[59]
- List of monuments: Liste der Monuments historiques in Saintes[60]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Saintes[61]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Saintes include Santonian[62], a stage[63], in Spain[64].
Why It Matters
Saintes has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Saintes is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Saintes include Santonian[62], a stage[63], in Spain[64].