Val-de-Cognac | |
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Town hall in Cherves-Richemont | |
Coordinates: 45°44′39″N 0°21′07″W / 45.74417°N 0.35194°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente |
Arrondissement | Cognac |
Canton | Cognac-1 |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Cognac |
Government | |
• Mayor (2024–2026) | Jean-Marc Girardeau [1] |
Area 1 | 61.76 km2 (23.85 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 3,468 |
• Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
16097 /16370 |
Elevation | 5–104 m (16–341 ft) |
Website | val-de-cognac.com |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Val-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: [val də kɔɲak], literally Vale of Cognac) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was formed on 1 January 2024, with the merger of Cherves-Richemont and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac.
On 1 January 2024, Cherves-Richemont and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac merged to create the new commune of Val-de-Cognac. [3] This merger was validated by the two municipal councils on 26 April 2023 and endorsed by a prefectural decree of 25 September. [4]
The new commune of Val-de-Cognac is located in the far west of the Charente department, in the small agricultural region of Cognaçais [5] and the micro-country of Borderies. It is located 41.3 km (25.7 mi) from Angoulême, [6] prefecture of the department, and 6.2 km (3.9 mi) from Cognac, the sub-prefecture. The commune is also part of the Cognac living area.