Poitou-Charentes
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| Region of France | ||
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 France
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| Prefecture | Poitiers | |
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| Government | ||
| • President | Jean-François Macaire (PS) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 25,809 km2 (9,965 sq mi) | |
| Population (2007-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 1,722,000 | |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-T | |
| GDP (2012) | Ranked 15th | |
| Total | €45.0 billion (US$62.96 bn) | |
| Per capita | €25,166 (US$35,212) | |
| NUTS Region | FR5 | |
| Website | poitou-charentes.fr | |
Poitou-Charentes (French pronunciation: [pwatu ʃaʁɑ̃t]) is a former administrative region in south-western France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. Historical provinces are Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge and Poitou.
The regional capital is Poitiers. Other important cities are La Rochelle, Niort, Angoulême, Châtellerault, Saintes, Rochefort and Royan.
The regional council is composed of 56 members. The region is the home of France's losing presidential candidate Socialist Ségolène Royal in the election of 2007.
In French its residents are known as Picto-Charentais. In 2003, the region ranked 15th out of 26 in population. In area it ranked 12th in size.
Three regional languages, Poitevin, Saintongeais and Occitan (Limousin, Marchois) are spoken by a minority of people in the region.
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