Tonnay-Charente

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Tonnay-Charente
Commune
The river Charente
Coat of arms
Location of Tonnay-Charente
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Coordinates: 45°56′55″N 0°54′27″W / 45.9486°N 0.9075°W / 45.9486; -0.9075
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Tonnay-Charente
Intercommunality	CA Rochefort Océan
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Éric Authiat[1]
Area 1	34.39 km2 (13.28 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	8,195
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17449 /17430
Elevation	1–32 m (3.3–105.0 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tonnay-Charente (French pronunciation: [tɔnɛ ʃaʁɑ̃t]) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

In the 18th century, it was the home town of prominent Irish physician Dr. Theobald Jennings and his son, Irish-born French General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine who fought in the American War of Independence and, more significantly, in the French revolutionary wars with Napoleon I of France. There is a personal portrait of General Kilmaine in the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Tonnay-Charente. Rue Kilmaine, a street in Tonnay-Charente was named in his honour.