Saintes, Charente-Maritime

Saintes
Saintes
	Historic destrict
	Coat airms
	Saintes Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Saintes
	Coordinates: 45°44′47″N 0°38′00″W / 45.7464°N 0.6333°WCoordinates: 45°44′47″N 0°38′00″W / 45.7464°N 0.6333°W
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Depairtment	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Area 1	45.55 km2 (17.59 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	26,470
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17415 /17100
Elevation	2–81 m (6.6–265.7 ft) ; (avg. 47 m or 154 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.

Saintes (French: [sɛ̃t]), is a commune an historic toun in soothwastren Fraunce, in the Charente-Maritime depairtment in which it is a sub-prefectur, in Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes.

Twin touns[eedit | eedit soorce]

Saintes is twinned wi:^[1]

Saintes
Historic destrict
Coat airms
Saintes Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Saintes
Coordinates: 45°44′47″N 0°38′00″W / 45.7464°N 0.6333°W / 45.7464; -0.6333Coordinates: 45°44′47″N 0°38′00″W / 45.7464°N 0.6333°W / 45.7464; -0.6333
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Depairtment	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Area ¹	45.55 km² (17.59 sq mi)
Population (2008)²	26,470
• Density	580/km² (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	17415 /17100
Elevation	2–81 m (6.6–265.7 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 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.