Charente

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Charente Chérente  (Saintongeais) Charanta (Occitan)
Department of France
Prefecture building of the Charente department, in Angoulême
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Charente in France
Coordinates: 45°50′N 0°20′E / 45.833°N 0.333°E / 45.833; 0.333
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Prefecture	Angoulême
Subprefectures	Cognac Confolens
Government
• President of the Departmental Council	Philippe Bouty[1] (DVG)
Area 1
• Total	5,956 km2 (2,300 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	350,867
• Rank	68th
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Department number	16
Arrondissements	3
Cantons	19
Communes	363
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Charente (French: [ʃaʁɑ̃t] ^ⓘ; Saintongese: Chérente; Occitan: Charanta [tʃaˈɾantɔ]) 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, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited. In 2019, it had a population of 352,015.^[3]