page_title: Saintes, Charente-Maritime
hierarchical_section_title: Saintes, Charente-Maritime
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Centre-ville de Saintes
context_page_description: Saintes is a French commune and historic town, a subprefecture in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Saintes.
  Before the French Revolution, Saintes was the capital of the old province of Saintonge.
context_section_description: Saintes is a French commune and historic town, a subprefecture in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Saintes.
  Before the French Revolution, Saintes was the capital of the old province of Saintonge.
caption: Historic centre of Saintes.
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