What is Confolens?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Confolens |image flag = |image flag size = |image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Confolens (Charente).svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Confolens vue.JPG |caption = View of Confolens from the Sainte-Catherine hill |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|46.0144|0.6733|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Confolens |canton = Charente-Vienne |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Confolentais |mayor = Jean-Noël Dupré |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 152 |elevation min m = 127 |elevation max m = 222 |area km2 = 23.63 | population demonym = Confolentais |population = 2721 |population ranking = |population date = 2013 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 16106 |postal code = 16500 |website = [http://www.mairie-confolens.fr/ www.mairie-confolens.fr] }} '''Confolens''' ({{Lang-oc|Confolents}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ujan.free.fr/charanto.htm |title=CHARANTA OCCITANA : los noms de las comunas |work=Confolentés occitan |language=oc |access-date=15 July 2016 }}</ref>) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in southwestern France. Confolens is the administrative centre of a largely [[rural area]], which has had an important [[growth]] of [[tourism]] in recent years. It is one of the two [[Prefectures in France|subprefectures]] of the [[Charente]] [[Departments of France|department]] and the [[Capital city|capital]] of the [[Cantons in France|canton]] of