Cognac, Charente
(Reguidit frae Cognac, Fraunce)
Cognac | |
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  Cognac Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Cognac | |
| Coordinates: 45°42′N 0°20′W / 45.70°N 0.33°WCoordinates: 45°42′N 0°20′W / 45.70°N 0.33°W | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Depairtment | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Cognac |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Gourinchas |
| Area 1 | 15.5 km2 (6.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 19,066 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16102 /16100 |
| Elevation | 5–53 m (16–174 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Cognac (French pronunciation: [kɔɲak]; Occitan: Conhac, [kuˈɲak]) is a commune in the Charente depairtment, soothwastren Fraunce.
Twin touns—sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Cognac is twinned wi:
Denison, Texas, USA
Königswinter, Germany
Pairth, Scotland, Unitit Kinrick[1]
Valdepeñas, Spain
Tovuz, Azerbaijan (syne 2015)[2]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "Tovuz in Azerbaijan, Cognac in France become sister cities retrieved 22 May 2015". Archived frae the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
