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Val-de-Cognac

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Val-de-Cognac
Town hall in Cherves-Richemont
Town hall in Cherves-Richemont
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CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementCognac
CantonCognac-1
IntercommunalityCA Grand Cognac
Government
 • Mayor (2024–2026) Jean-Marc Girardeau[1]
Area
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61.76 km2 (23.85 sq mi)
Population
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Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16097 /16370
Elevation5–104 m (16–341 ft)
Websiteval-de-cognac.com
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Val-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: [val kɔɲak], lit.'Vale of Cognac') is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was formed on 1 January 2024, with the merger of Cherves-Richemont and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac.

History

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On 1 January 2024, Cherves-Richemont and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac merged to create the new commune of Val-de-Cognac.[2] This merger was validated by the two municipal councils on 26 April 2023 and endorsed by a prefectural decree of 25 September.[3]

Geography

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The new commune of Val-de-Cognac is located in the far west of the Charente department, in the small agricultural region of Cognaçais[4] and the micro-country of Borderies. It is located 41.3 km (25.7 mi) from Angoulême,[5] prefecture of the department, and 6.2 km (3.9 mi) from Cognac, the sub-prefecture. The commune is also part of the Cognac living area.

See also

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References

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