Angoulême

Angoulême () is a commune in southwestern France in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, of which it is its prefecture.

It was the capital of the old province of Angoumoi

Geography
The city of Angoulême is in the centre of the Charente department, on a plateau overlooking a meander of the Charente river.

It has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

+ Distance from Angoulême to other cities Bordeaux  Toulouse  Montpellier  Lyon  Nantes  Paris  Marseille             

+ Angoulême and its neighboring communes 350px|Map of the commune of Angoulême

The city of Angoulême is surrounded by the communes:

Climate
The climate of Angoulême, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population
The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as Angoumoisins (women: Angoumoisines).

With a population of 41,955, Angoulême has a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Evolution of the population in Angoulême

Angoulême forms, together with other 17 communes, the urban area of Angoulême with a population of 108,624 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Angoulême, formed by 106 communes, with a population of 180,820 inhabitants (2013) and an area of .

 Administration 
Angoulême is the prefecture of the Charente department, the capital of the arrondissement of Angoulême and the administrative centre () of three cantons:
 Angoulême-1 formed by the commune Fléac and part of Angoulême, with 18,498 inhabitants (2014).
 Angoulême-2 formed by the commune L'Isle-d'Espagnac and part of Angoulême, with 18,990 inhabitants (2014).
 Angoulême-3 formed by the commune Soyaux and part of Angoulême, with 22,883 inhabitants (2014).

It is part of the intercommunality Grand Angoulême ().

 Twinned and partner towns 
Angoulême is twinned with:

  Bury, United Kingdom since 1959.
  Hildesheim, Germany since 1965.
  Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain since 1967.
  Chicoutimi (Saguenay, Quebec), Canada since 1969.

  Gelendzhik, Russia since 1977.
  Ségou, Mali since 1985.
  Turda, Romania since 1994.
  Hoffman Estates, United States since 1996.

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Related pages
 Arrondissement of Angoulême
 Communes of the Charente department

References

Other websites

 Mairie de Angoulême official website  
 Grand Angoulême