Saintes, Charente-Maritime
Saintes | |
|---|---|
 Historic destrict | |
.svg) 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]
Nivelles, Belgium
Xanten, Germany
Timbuktu, Mali
Vladimir, Roushie
Salisbury, Ingland
Cuevas del Almanzora, Spain
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Toun haw wabsteid: Villes jumelées (in French)
