Gites in Charente Martime

Charente Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River. There are many gites here, it is a great place for a holiday. Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. On September 4, 1941, it was renamed Charente-Maritime. The land area is 6864 km². Charente-Maritime is surrounded by the departments of Gironde, Charente, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne and Vendée. The department includes the islands of Île de Ré, Île d'Aix, and Ile d'Oléron. The important rivers are the Charente and its tributaries, the Boutonne and the Seugne, along with the Sèvre Niortaise, the Seudre, and the Garonne, in its downstream part, which is the estuary of the Gironde.