Angoulême
Angoulême (Occitan: Engoleime) is a commune in southwestern France in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, of which it is its prefecture.
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême |
| Canton | Angoulême-1, 2 and 3 |
| Intercommunality | Grand Angoulême |
| Mayor | Xavier Bonnefont (2014–2020) |
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| Elevation | 27–130 m (89–427 ft) (avg. 100 m/330 ft) |
| Land area1 | 21.85 km2 (8.44 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 41,955 (2014) |
| - Density | 1,920/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16015/ 16000 |
| Website | Mairie de Angoulême |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
It was the capital of the old province of Angoumois.
Geography
The city of Angoulême is in the centre of the Charente department, on a plateau overlooking a meander of the Charente river.
It has an area of 21.9 km2 (8.5 sq mi).[1] Its average altitude is 78 m (256 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 86 m (282 ft).[2]
| Bordeaux | Toulouse | Montpellier | Lyon | Nantes | Paris | Marseille |
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| 121 km (75 mi) | 357 km (222 mi) | 596 km (370 mi) | 520 km (320 mi) | 276 km (171 mi) | 450 km (280 mi) | 761 km (473 mi) |
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The city of Angoulême is surrounded by the communes:
Climate
The climate of Angoulême, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.[3]
Population
The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as Angoumoisins (women: Angoumoisines).[4]
With a population of 41,955,[5] Angoulême has a population density of 1,920 inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Angoulême
Angoulême forms, together with other 17 communes, the urban area of Angoulême with a population of 108,624 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 202.4 km2 (78.1 sq mi).[6] This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Angoulême, formed by 106 communes, with a population of 180,820 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 1,597.8 km2 (616.9 sq mi).[7]
Administration
Angoulême is the prefecture of the Charente department, the capital of the arrondissement of Angoulême and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of three cantons:
- Angoulême-1 formed by the commune Fléac and part of Angoulême, with 18,498 inhabitants (2014).
- Angoulême-2 formed by the commune L'Isle-d'Espagnac and part of Angoulême, with 18,990 inhabitants (2014).
- Angoulême-3 formed by the commune Soyaux and part of Angoulême, with 22,883 inhabitants (2014).
It is part of the intercommunality Grand Angoulême (French: Communauté d'agglomération Grand Angoulême).
Twinned and partner towns
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Gallery
Angoulême Media
Map of Angoulême in 1914.
Panorama of Angoulême from Saint-Martin (South).The church of Saint-Ausone, the cathedral of Saint-Pierre, and the city hall can all be seen.
Topography of Angoulême city
A Capital from the 2nd century discovered in 1888 on the Rue des Halles
Flag of the ancient province of Angoumois.
Tour Clovis
The network of Tramway of Angoulême served the city from 1900 to 1935.Seen here is a carriage at the Place des Halles before the First World War.
The city was also the terminus of a metre-gauge light railway called the Chemins de fer économiques des Charentes to Chalais which ran from 1910 to 1948.
Former pumping station to bring up water from the Touvre.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Commune d'Angoulême (16015) - Comparateur de territoire". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "The city of Angoulême". Map-France.com. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ville d'Angoulême". Annuaire-Mairie.fr (in français). Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Charente" (in français). habitants.fr. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Unité urbaine d'Angoulême (16601)". Comparateur de territoire (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Aire urbaine d'Angoulême (049)". Comparateur de territoire (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Villes Jumelles" (in français). Mairie de Angoulême. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
Other websites
- Mairie de Angoulême official website Archived 2005-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Grand Angoulême (in French)