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Main city : Angoulême Capital of Charente dept., W France, on the Charente River. A former river port, it is now a major road and rail center. Its paper industry dates from the 15th cent., and it has copper foundries,and plants making electric motors, soap, and shoes. It was an early episcopal see and became (9th cent.) the seat of the counts of Angoumois . Ceded (1360) to England, it was reconquered (1373) by Charles V. Its remarkable Cathedral of St. Pierre was begun c.1110.
Angoulême RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT : 24 avenue Gambetta Tourism office of Cognac : http://www.tourism-cognac.com/anglais/indexgb.htm
Cognac , city (1990 pop. 19,932), Charente dept., W France, in Angoumois, on the Charente River. The French brandy to which Cognac gives its name has been manufactured and exported from the city since the 18th cent. The city was the birthplace of Francis I and was a Huguenot stronghold in the 16th cent.
FAMILY NAMES FROM CHARENTE : http://www.genealogie.com/cgi-bin/fo/afficher.cgi?d16
http://perso.club-internet.fr/fgouyaud/genea/le16.htm http://www.amicale-genealogie.org/Listes-patronymes/Patronymes_Poitou-Charentes/JCEymer_autres.htm |
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