Charente (French: [ʃaʁɑ̃t] (listen); Saintongeais: Chérente; Occitan: Charanta) is a department in western France, north half of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is named after the Charente River, the most important river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited.... Wikipedia ()