Saintes, Charente-Maritime
Saintes is a commune and historic town in western France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Saintes is the second-largest city in Charente-Maritime, with 25,518 inhabitants in 2021. The city's immediate surroundings form the second-most populous metropolitan area in the department, with 56,598 inhabitants. While a majority of the surrounding landscape consists of fertile, productive fields, a significant minority of the region remains forested, its natural state.
Panorama of Saintes with Saint-Pierre Cathedral in the center
Arch of Germanicus and the Charente
Courthouse, district Saint-Vivien.
The Post Office on the left bank.
Charente-Maritime is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kilometres.
Prefecture building in La Rochelle
Sunset in Meschers-sur-Gironde in Charente-Maritime
La Rochelle
Royan, a seaside resort