Saintes, Charente-Maritime

Saintes
Historic destrict
Coat o airms
Saintes Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Saintes
Coordinates: 45°44′47″N 0°38′00″W
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Depairtment	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Area1	45.55 km2 (17.59 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	26,470
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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

Saintes is twinned wi:

• Nivelles, Belgium
• Xanten, Germany
• Timbuktu, Mali
• Vladimir, Roushie
• Salisbury, Ingland
• Cuevas del Almanzora, Spain