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    Cognac (French pronunciation: [kɔɲak] ; Saintongese: Cougnat; Occitan: Conhac [kuˈɲak] ) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France...
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    the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime. Cognac production falls under French appellation d'origine contrôlée...
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    department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited. In 2019, it had a population of 352,015. Charente is one of the original 83 departments created...
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    authorized for the production of Pineau des Charentes AOC is practically identical with that for Cognac, and in fact many of the artisanal producers...
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    du Grand Cognac Communauté de communes des 4B Sud-Charente Communauté de communes de Charente Limousine Communauté de communes Cœur de Charente Communauté...
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  • Union Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély is a French rugby union club from Cognac, Charente & Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Charente-Maritime that play in the Nationale...
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    Richard Hennessy (category Cognac)
    the Charente region, famous for its cognac production. Using money he had earned in his military career, he decided to become involved in cognac investment...
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  • own trading business at Gatebourse in Cognac, on the banks of the Charente, and thus founded one of the first cognac houses. Variations of the logo he chose...
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    The arrondissement of Cognac is an arrondissement of France in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 107 communes. Its population...
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    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...
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    Grande Champagne (category Cognac)
    Champagne. "Product Specification For The Cognac or Eau-de-vie de Cognac or Eau-de-vie des Charentes Controlled Appellation Of Origin" (PDF). Archived from the...
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    Courvoisier (category Cognac brands)
    of cognac, with production based in the town of Jarnac in the Charente region of France. It is the youngest and smallest of the "big four" cognac houses...
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    Napoleon III with the rise of cognac production and industrialization in Angoulême. The region corresponding to present-day Charente has been inhabited since...
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    of Hennessy cognac Cantons of the Charente-Maritime department Communes of the Charente-Maritime department Arrondissements of the Charente-Maritime department...
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    Vergeroux, Soubise, Rochefort and Tonnay-Charente on the tidal river, and Saint-Savinien, Taillebourg, Saintes, Cognac, Jarnac, Saint-Simon and Angoulême on...
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    is the seat of the canton of Charente-Champagne, and part of the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac. With Cognac and Jarnac, it is one of the...
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    Angoulême – Cognac International Airport (French: Aéroport international d'Angoulême - Cognac), also known as Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport (French:...
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  • Drapeau (September 22, 2011). "La fabuleuse aventure de la vodka de Cognac". Charente Libre. Retrieved October 1, 2013. admin (2003-08-28). "US: Battle...
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    The canton of Cognac-2 is an administrative division of the Charente department in southwestern France. It was created during the French canton reorganisation...
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    the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprised four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. It included the historical provinces...
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  • Segonzac, Charente. Hopkins, Amy (13 March 2017). "Plantation Rum owner buys Barbados distillery". The Spirits Business. "Maison Ferrand". Cognac Reverie...
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    1445; no issue. John, Count of Angoulême (24 June 1399 – Château de Cognac, Charente, 30 April 1467), grandfather of Francis I of France Marie (Château...
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  • His father married him to his ward, Amelia, the heiress of Cognac, France, in Charente. However, when she died without issue, Richard kept the castle...
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    d'eau-de-vie de cognac de la Sté Vinicole Salignac et Cie, actuellement Sté des propriétaires vinicoles de cognac J.G. Monnet; Cognac (Charente), 48 à 52 avenue...
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    the canton of Rouillac to the arrondissement of Cognac. The borders of the arrondissements of Charente were modified in January 2017: 14 communes from...
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    Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis də kɔɲak], literally Saint-Sulpice of Cognac) is a former commune in the Charente department in...
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    located in Châteaubernard, 2.8 kilometres south of Cognac. Both locations are communes of the Charente département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine région of France...
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    du Grand Cognac is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Cognac. It is located in the Charente department...
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    in stone, on the Charente river bank facing the docks and walls built to circle the town. Cognac passed by marriage of Amélie de Cognac to Philippe de Falcombridge...
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    pronunciation: [səɡɔ̃zak]) is a commune within the Charente department of southwestern France, in the Cognac area. It is the heart of the "Grande Champagne"...
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