Angoumois

Angoumois
Flag of Angoumois
Coat of arms of Angoumois
CountryFrance
Time zoneCET
Counts561—569, Marachaire
1496—1515, Francis of Angoulême

Angoumois (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡumwa]), historically the County of Angoulême, was a county and province of France, originally inferior to the parent duchy of Aquitaine, similar to the Périgord to its east but lower and generally less forested, equally with occasional vineyards throughout. Its capital was Angoulême with its citadel and castle above the river Charente.

It almost corresponds to the Charente Department which also takes in the east of the coastal comté de Saintonge.[1]

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Angoumois" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 42 cites Castaigne's 1845 Essai d'une bibliothèque historique de l'Angoumois (in French)