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Angoulême (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡulɛːm] ⓘ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Engoulaeme; Occitan: Engoleime) is a small city in the southwestern French department of Charente, of which it is the prefecture. Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of the river Charente, the city is nicknamed the "balcony of the southwest". The city proper's ...
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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). Its average altitude is 78 m (256 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 86 m (282 ft). The city of Angoulême is surrounded by the communes:
The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as Angoumoisins (women: Angoumoisines). With a population of 41,955, Angoulême has a population density of 1,920 inhabitants/km2. 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). This...
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: 1. Angoulême-1 formed by the commune Fléac and part of Angoulême, with 18,498 inhabitants (2014). 2. Angoulême-2 formed by the commune L'Isle-d'Espagnac and part of Angoulême, wit...
Mairie de Angoulême official website Archived 2005-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (in French)Angoulême (L'Angoumois) in western France was part of the Carolingian Empire as the kingdom of Aquitaine. Under Charlemagne 's successors, the local Count of Angoulême was independent and was not united with the French crown until 1308.
Away colours. Angoulême Charente Football Club, commonly known as Angoulême, is a French football club from the city of Angoulême, currently playing in Championnat National 2. Founded in 1920 as SC Angoulême, the club is well known as AS Angoulême, a name the club bore from 1948 to 1992.
- 6,500
- Angoulême Charente Football Club
- 1920; 103 years ago
- Stade Camille-Lebon
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Château d'Angoulême. The Château d'Angoulême was a castle in the town of Angoulême, in the Charente département of France. The only remaining parts are the keep of Lusignan and the tower of Valois, which are part of the Town Hall of Angoulême, together with a construction of the 19th century.
Isabella ( French: Isabelle d'Angoulême, IPA: [izabɛl dɑ̃ɡulɛm]; c. 1186 [1] / 1188 [2] – 4 June 1246) was Queen of England from 1200 to 1216 as the second wife of King John, Countess of Angoulême in her own right from 1202 until her death in 1246, and Countess of La Marche from 1220 to 1246 as the wife of Count Hugh .
Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the elder son of Charles X and the last Dauphin of France from 1824 to 1830. He is identified by the Guinness World Records as the shortest-reigning monarch, reigning for less than 20 minutes during the July Revolution , [1] but this is not backed up by historical ...