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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA" title="بواتو شرنت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بواتو شرنت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pou%C3%A8t%C3%B4-Charantes" title="Pouètô-Charantes – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Pouètô-Charantes" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes_suyu" title="Poitou-Charentes suyu – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Poitou-Charentes suyu" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puatu-%C5%9Earanta" title="Puatu-Şaranta – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Puatu-Şaranta" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA" title="پواتو-شرانت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="پواتو-شرانت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83_%E2%80%94_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Пуату — Шаранта – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Пуату — Шаранта" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пуату-Шарант – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Пуату-Шарант" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Поату-Шарант – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Поату-Шарант" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D-%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84" title="Πουατού-Σαράντ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πουατού-Σαράντ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puatuo-%C4%88arentoj" title="Puatuo-Ĉarentoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Puatuo-Ĉarentoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA" title="پواتو-شرانت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پواتو-شرانت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%91%B8%EC%95%84%ED%88%AC%EC%83%A4%EB%9E%91%ED%8A%B8" title="푸아투샤랑트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="푸아투샤랑트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82-%D5%87%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BF" title="Պուատու-Շարանտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պուատու-Շարանտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%90%D7%98%D7%95-%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%98" title="פואטו-שראנט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פואטו-שראנט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3-%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="პუატუ-შარანტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პუატუ-შარანტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83_%E2%80%94_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пуату — Шарант – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Пуату — Шарант" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictaviensis_et_Carantoni" title="Pictaviensis et Carantoni – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Pictaviensis et Carantoni" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puat%C5%AB-%C5%A0aranta" title="Puatū-Šaranta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Puatū-Šaranta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puatu-%C5%A0arantos" title="Puatu-Šarantos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Puatu-Šarantos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Поату-Шаранта – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Поату-Шаранта" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%82-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="पॉइतू-शारांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पॉइतू-शारांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3-%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="პუატუ-შარანტი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="პუატუ-შარანტი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E5%9C%B0%E5%9F%9F%E5%9C%8F" title="ポワトゥー＝シャラント地域圏 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ポワトゥー＝シャラント地域圏" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83_%E2%80%94_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B3%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Пуату — ШагӀанта – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Пуату — ШагӀанта" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peitau-Charantas" title="Peitau-Charantas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Peitau-Charantas" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%82-%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A4" title="ਪੋਆਤੂ-ਸ਼ਾਰੌਂਤ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪੋਆਤੂ-ਸ਼ਾਰੌਂਤ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA" title="پواتو شارنت – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پواتو شارنت" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83_%E2%80%94_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пуату — Шарант – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пуату — Шарант" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puatu-Sharenta" title="Puatu-Sharenta – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Puatu-Sharenta" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Поату-Шарант – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Поату-Шарант" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B9-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C" title="แคว้นปัวตู-ชาร็องต์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แคว้นปัวตู-ชาร็องต์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Пуату-Шарант – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Пуату-Шарант" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA" title="پواتو-شرانت – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="پواتو-شرانت" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou-Charentes" title="Poitou-Charentes – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Poitou-Charentes" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%99%AE%E7%93%A6%E5%9B%BE-%E5%A4%8F%E6%9C%97%E5%BE%B7" title="普瓦图-夏朗德 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="普瓦图-夏朗德" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%A2%E4%BA%9E%E5%9C%96%E6%B2%99%E8%97%8D%E7%89%B9" title="波亞圖沙藍特 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" 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title="Charente-Maritime">Charente-Maritime</a> (17)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Deux-S%C3%A8vres" title="Deux-Sèvres">Deux-Sèvres</a> (79)</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Vienne_(department)" title="Vienne (department)">Vienne</a> (86)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Regional_Council_(France)" title="President of the Regional Council (France)">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Macaire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-François Macaire (page does not exist)">Jean-François Macaire</a> (<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(France)" title="Socialist Party (France)">PS</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">25,809 km<sup>2</sup> (9,965 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2007-01-01)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,722,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">67/km<sup>2</sup> (170/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">€54.764 billion</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">€30,300</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">FR-T</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/First-level_NUTS_of_the_European_Union#France" title="First-level NUTS of the European Union">NUTS Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data">FR5</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.poitou-charentes.fr/">poitou-charentes.fr</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Poitou-Charentes</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[pwatu<span class="wrap"> </span>ʃaʁɑ̃t]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/7\/71\/Fr-Poitou-Charentes.ogg\/Fr-Poitou-Charentes.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Fr-Poitou-Charentes.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Fr-Poitou-Charentes.ogg/Fr-Poitou-Charentes.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon 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It is part of the new region <a href="/wiki/Nouvelle-Aquitaine" title="Nouvelle-Aquitaine">Nouvelle-Aquitaine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reform_law_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reform_law-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It comprised four <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">departments</a>: <a href="/wiki/Charente" title="Charente">Charente</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charente-Maritime" title="Charente-Maritime">Charente-Maritime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deux-S%C3%A8vres" title="Deux-Sèvres">Deux-Sèvres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vienne_(department)" title="Vienne (department)">Vienne</a>. It included the historical provinces of <a href="/wiki/Angoumois" title="Angoumois">Angoumois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aunis" title="Aunis">Aunis</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_of_Saintonge" title="County of Saintonge">Saintonge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poitou" title="Poitou">Poitou</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Poitiers" title="Poitiers">Poitiers</a> was the regional capital. Other important cities were <a href="/wiki/La_Rochelle" title="La Rochelle">La Rochelle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niort" title="Niort">Niort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angoul%C3%AAme" title="Angoulême">Angoulême</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Châtellerault">Châtellerault</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saintes,_Charente-Maritime" title="Saintes, Charente-Maritime">Saintes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochefort,_Charente-Maritime" title="Rochefort, Charente-Maritime">Rochefort</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royan" title="Royan">Royan</a>. </p><p>Poitou-Charentes was merged with <a href="/wiki/Aquitaine" title="Aquitaine">Aquitaine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limousin" title="Limousin">Limousin</a> to form the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine on January 1, 2016. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poitou-Charentes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Regional_councils_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional councils of France">regional council</a> was composed of 56 members. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poitou-Charentes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In French, the region's residents were known as <i>Picto-Charentais</i>. In 2003, the region ranked 15th out of 26 in population. In area it ranked 12th in size. </p><p>Three <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_France" title="Languages of France">regional languages</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poitevin_dialect" title="Poitevin dialect">Poitevin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saintongeais_dialect" title="Saintongeais dialect">Saintongeais</a> and <a href="/wiki/Occitan_language" title="Occitan language">Occitan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Limousin_dialect" title="Limousin dialect">Limousin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croissant_(linguistic_zone)" title="Croissant (linguistic zone)">Marchois</a>) were spoken by a minority of people in the region. </p><p>Southern Poitou-Charentes and <a href="/wiki/Aquitaine" title="Aquitaine">Aquitaine</a> is believed to be the region of origin of the <a href="/wiki/Acadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Acadian">Acadian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cajun" class="mw-redirect" title="Cajun">Cajun</a> populations of North America, such as in <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9_Peninsula" title="Gaspé Peninsula">Gaspé Peninsula</a> of <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brasseaux_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brasseaux-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their ancestors emigrated from the region in the 17th and 18th centuries. </p><p>At first, these French immigrants from the rural areas of Poitou-Charentes settled in what is now eastern Canada, and established an agricultural and maritime economy (farming and fishing). This area of the New World was dubbed "<a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a>" by the French, after the Greek <i><a href="/wiki/Arcadia_(region)" title="Arcadia (region)">Arcadia</a></i> –  the idyllic part of the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnesian peninsula</a> in Greece. As an alternate theory, some historians suggest that the name is derived from the indigenous Canadian <a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq_language" title="Mi'kmaq language">Mi'kmaq language</a>, in which Cadie means "fertile land".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was renamed <i><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a></i> (New Scotland) in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians" title="Expulsion of the Acadians">1755 expulsion</a> of most of the Acadians by the English. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poitou-Charentes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MaraisPoitevin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/MaraisPoitevin.jpg/170px-MaraisPoitevin.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/MaraisPoitevin.jpg/255px-MaraisPoitevin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/MaraisPoitevin.jpg/340px-MaraisPoitevin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1620" data-file-height="1238" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marais_Poitevin" title="Marais Poitevin">Marais Poitevin</a>, Poitou-Charentes</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Poitou" title="Poitou">Poitou</a> is a historic region in west central France. <a href="/wiki/Poitiers" title="Poitiers">Poitiers</a>, the capital of the region, is its chief city, although the port of <a href="/wiki/La_Rochelle" title="La Rochelle">La Rochelle</a>, capital of the province of <a href="/wiki/Aunis" title="Aunis">Aunis</a>, rivals it in economic importance. Farming is important to the economy; wheat, corn and cattle are farmed. Industries produce machinery, chemicals and dairy products. </p><p>The region's first known inhabitants, the <a href="/wiki/Pictavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Pictavi">Pictavi</a>, a Gallic tribe, were conquered in 56 BC by the Romans, who then incorporated the area into Gaul as part of the province of <a href="/wiki/Aquitania" class="mw-redirect" title="Aquitania">Aquitania</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Iberians" title="Iberians">Iberian</a> <a href="/wiki/Aquitani" title="Aquitani">Aquitani</a> tribes. The <a href="/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a> seized the region in 418 AD, but it passed to the <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Franks</a> in 507. In 732 or 733, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Martel" title="Charles Martel">Charles Martel</a> brought the Muslim invasion of Western Europe to a standstill by his victory in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tours" title="Battle of Tours">Battle of Poitiers</a>. From the 10th to the mid-12th century, the counts of Poitou were also the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Aquitaine" title="Duke of Aquitaine">dukes of Aquitaine</a>, and the city of <a href="/wiki/Poitiers" title="Poitiers">Poitiers</a> grew in importance. </p><p>In 1152, Poitou came under English control through the marriage of <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine" title="Eleanor of Aquitaine">Eleanor of Aquitaine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II</a> (later king of England). The region was reunited with the French crown in 1416 and was a province of France until the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">Revolution</a> (1789–1795), when it was divided into three departments, <a href="/wiki/Vienne_(department)" title="Vienne (department)">Vienne</a>, Deux-Sèvres, and Vendée. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise-Ath%C3%A9na%C3%AFs,_marquise_de_Montespan" class="mw-redirect" title="Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan">Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan</a> was born in the area in 1640 (d. 1707). She was the famous mistress to <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV" title="Louis XIV">Louis XIV</a>; Some of their descendants are still alive today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_communities">Major communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poitou-Charentes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Major communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poitiers_hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Poitiers_hill.jpg/220px-Poitiers_hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Poitiers_hill.jpg/330px-Poitiers_hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Poitiers_hill.jpg/440px-Poitiers_hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="525" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Poitiers" title="Poitiers">Poitiers</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angoul%C3%AAme" title="Angoulême">Angoulême</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bressuire" title="Bressuire">Bressuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%A2tellerault" title="Châtellerault">Châtellerault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cognac,_France" title="Cognac, France">Cognac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Rochelle" title="La Rochelle">La Rochelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niort" title="Niort">Niort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melle,_Deux-S%C3%A8vres" title="Melle, Deux-Sèvres">Melle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poitiers" title="Poitiers">Poitiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochefort,_Charente-Maritime" title="Rochefort, Charente-Maritime">Rochefort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royan" title="Royan">Royan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saintes,_Charente-Maritime" title="Saintes, Charente-Maritime">Saintes</a></li></ul> <div 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