Poitou-Charentes is a former administrative region on the southwest coast of 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.
Poitou-Charentes was merged with Aquitaine and Limousin to form the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine on January 1, 2016.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes
Official Website http://www.poitou-charentes.fr/
Address 33 Place du Maréchal Leclerc, Poitiers 86000, France
Coordinates 46°34'48.934" N 0°20'24.705" E
