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The Poitou-Charentes region is one of 22 French metropolitan regions, its chief town is Poitiers, its region code is 54. The Poitou-Charentes region counted 1,770,363 inhabitants in the 2010 census for an area of ​​25,810 km2, which leads to a density of 69 inhabitants/km2.

The region is made up of 1470 municipalities spread over 4 departments which are Charente (16), Charente-Maritime (17), Deux-Sèvres (79) and Vienne (86). The inhabitants of Poitou-Charentes are called the Picto-Charentais and Picto-Charentaises.

The 10 most important cities in Poitou-Charentes are Poitiers (91,901 inh.), la Rochelle (79,521 inh.), Niort (60,856 inh.), Angoulême (45,686 inh.), Châtellerault (35,096 inh.), Saintes (27,939 inh.), Rochefort (26,801 inh.), Cognac (19,857 inh.), Bressuire (19,506 inh.) et Royan (19,121 inh.).

If you want to print it, you can download the map of Poitou-Charentes in pdf format: Poitou-Charentes map. This map has the advantage of being in vector format, so you can zoom in on it without losing quality.

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To determine the distances between the municipalities of the Poitou-Charentes region, simply go to the routes section and select the municipalities of Poitou-Charentes for which you want to calculate disatnces and travel time by car.

The largest municipalities in Poitou-Charentes

Cities Population
(in 2009)		 Area
(km2) 		Density
(inh/km2)		 Altitude
(in m)
Poitiers (86) 91,901 42.48 km2 2,163 116 m
Rochelle (17) 79,521 31.75 km2 2,505 10 m
Niort (79) 60,856 68.43 km2 889 28 m
Angoulême (16) 45,686 21.82 km2 2,094 86 m
Châtellerault (86) 35,096 51.82 km2 677 52 m
Saintes (17) 27,939 45.92 km2 608 20 m
Rochefort (17) 26,801 22.08 km2 1,214 10 m
Cognac (16) 19,857 14.94 km2 1,329 21 m
Bressuire (79) 19,506 182.31 km2 107 182 m
Royan (17) 19,121 19.64 km2 974 5 m
Parthenay (79) 11,016 11.37 km2 969 169 m
Soyaux (16) 10,995 12.76 km2 862 130 m
Thouars (79) 10,230 12.03 km2 850 90 m
Buxerolles (86) 9,889 9.08 km2 1,089 110 m
Aytré (17) 9,013 12.25 km2 736 10 m
Mauléon (79) 8,165 122.55 km2 67 150 m
Saint-Jean-d'Angély (17) 8,028 18.8 km2 427 20 m
Ruelle-sur-Touvre (16) 7,885 10.64 km2 741 45 m
Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole (79) 7,780 5.2 km2 1,496 60 m
Tonnay-Charente (17) 7,621 35.05 km2 217 10 m
Loudun (86) 7,503 43.99 km2 171 88 m
Couronne (16) 7,334 28.87 km2 254 60 m
Lagord (17) 7,250 8.01 km2 905 20 m
Saint-Benoît (86) 7,234 13.6 km2 532 77 m
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16) 7,234 14.76 km2 490 50 m
Chauvigny (86) 7,028 96.57 km2 73 70 m
Montmorillon (86) 6,948 56.84 km2 122 90 m
Périgny (17) 6,904 10.98 km2 629 7 m
Saujon (17) 6,520 18.76 km2 348 5 m
Surgères (17) 6,376 28.63 km2 223 36 m
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (17) 6,333 40.85 km2 155 6 m
Gond-Pontouvre (16) 6,290 7.5 km2 839 30 m
Migné-Auxances (86) 6,089 29.05 km2 210 80 m
Châtelaillon-Plage (17) 6,085 6.53 km2 932 3 m
Jaunay-Clan (86) 5,982 27.49 km2 218 80 m
Naintré (86) 5,900 24.83 km2 238 70 m
Nieul-sur-Mer (17) 5,782 11.03 km2 524 10 m
Crèche (79) 5,514 34.6 km2 159 50 m
Isle-d'Espagnac (16) 5,467 6.05 km2 904 60 m
Nueil-les-Aubiers (79) 5,462 50.5 km2 108 119 m

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Cities and towns in the Poitou-Charentes region



The poitou-charentes region is made up of 1470 cities and towns. The table below groups together in an alphabetically sorted list the most important towns and villages in the poitou-charentes region. You just have to click on the link of a town to go directly to its detailed file (Map, map, postal codes and statistics).

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter A

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter B

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Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter D

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter E

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter F

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter G

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter H

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter I

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter J

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter L

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter M

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter N

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter P

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter Q

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter R

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter S

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter T

Cities in the poitou-charentes region starting with the letter V







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