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Charente River
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Charente River

River, western France. Rising in the department of Haute-Vienne, it flows generally westward 226 mi (360 km) to the Bay of Biscay. It receives its chief tributary, the Boutonne, from the plain of Poitou to the north. It is navigable for small craft as far as Angoulême.



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South Wales also figured in the prize list across the English Channel where Ron Cousins caught 5lb 7oz of small roach, bleak and bream to finish in fourth place in the Cognac Concours de Peche; the annual open match pegged along the River Charente in the famous French brandy making town.
The canals of Brittany, Burgundy, Alsace, River Charente, River Lot and the South of France offer beauty, culture, and inimitable French food and wine enroute.
Now they are lulled to sleep by the sound of the River Charente as it runs just feet from their front door, and awake to a stunning view across a valley to a picturesque village with a fairytale chateau at its centre.
 
 
 
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