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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    oldest French cognac manufacturers. The cellars of Maison Gautier were established in an old water mill in Aigre on the Osme river, in Charente, when the...
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    Renault is a manufacturer of Cognac, founded in 1835 by Jean-Antonin Renault in the town of Cognac, France. Jean Antonin Renault was a great voyager,...
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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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    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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    Angoulême–Cognac International Airport (French: Aéroport international d'Angoulême–Cognac), also known as Angoulême–Brie–Champniers Airport (French: Aéroport...
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    of movement. Historic French travail A travail in Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (Charente), France. A French travail is in the background, between buildings...
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    The canton of Cognac-1 is an administrative division of the Charente department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation...
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    Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃ də kɔɲak], literally Saint-Laurent of Cognac; Occitan: Sent Laurenç de Conhac) is a commune in the Charente department...
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    Petite 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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    Jean Martell (category Cognac)
    Martell (1694–1753) founded the French cognac distillery Martell. The company is based in the department of Charente and is nearly three centuries old –...
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