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The arrondissement of Confolens is an arrondissement of France in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 140 communes. Its population is 71,845 (2016), and its area is 2,417.6 km 2 (933.4 sq mi). Composition. The communes of the arrondissement of Confolens, and their INSEE codes, are:
Arondisemen Confolens merupakan sebuah arondisemen di Prancis, terletak di département Charente, di région Poitou-Charentes. Memiliki 6 kanton dan 63 komune.
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Confolens is located at the confluence of the Vienne and Goire rivers. This location is at the origin of its name.Confolens is also at the point where the Charente and Limousinregions meet, hence the name sometimes used to describe the area of "Charente Limousine".
Confolens was built around a fortress first mentioned in the eleventh century. It still has picturesque remnants of its medieval past, including city walls and several houses dating from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It also features a bridge first mentioned in the fourteenth century, and two churches from the 11th and 14th centuries r...
Confolens is the home of the Festival de Folklore, one of France's largest and best known folklore festivals, which takes place annually in August.
The arrondissement of Confolens is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Confolens.
Confolens is the administrative centre of a largely rural area, which has had an important growth of tourism in recent years. It is one of the two subprefectures of the Charente department and the capital of the canton of Charente-Vienne .
On 1 January 2008 the four cantons of Aigre, Mansle, Ruffec and Villefagnan that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Angoulême were added to the arrondissement of Confolens, and the canton of Rouillac to the arrondissement of Cognac. The borders of the arrondissements of Charente were modified in January 2017:
There are 3 arrondissements in the Charente department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs ). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture .
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