What is Cognac (commune)?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Cognac |image flag = |image flag size = |flag legend = |image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Cognac (Charente).svg |image coat of arms size = 70px |city motto = |image = Cognac stjac.JPG |caption = St-Jacques [[City gate|gate]], Cognac. |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|45.70|-0.33|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Cognac |canton = Cognac-1<br />Cognac-2 |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Grand Cognac |mayor = Michel Gourinchas<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ville-cognac.fr/Vos-elus,4796.html |title=Vos élus |publisher=Ville de Cognac |language=fr |access-date=1 June 2017 |archive-date=19 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719050256/http://www.ville-cognac.fr/Vos-elus,4796.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |party = |term = 2014-2020 |elevation m = 29 |elevation min m = 5 |elevation max m = 53 |area km2 = 15.5 | population demonym = |population = 18717 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |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 = 16102 |postal code = 16100 |website = [http://www.ville-cognac.fr/ Ville de Cognac] }} '''Cognac''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in southwestern [[France]] in the [[Charente]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regions of France|region]], of which it is a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]]. ==Geography== The city of Cognac is along the [[Charente (river)|Chare