What is Arrondissements of the Charente department?
There are 3 '''arrondissements in the [[Charente]] department'''. The [[France|French]] [[Departments of France|departments]], and in other countries, are divided into ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]]'', which may be translated into English as '''districts''' (in some cases, as '''[[borough]]s'''). The capital of an arrondissement is called a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]]. If the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into [[Communes of France|communes]]. The 3 arrondissements of Charente are:<ref name=insee1>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/nomenclatures/cog/cog.asp?nivgeo=dep&codgeo=16 |title=Département de La Charente (16) |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |language=French |accessdate=13 July 2016 |date= }}</ref> # [[Arrondissement of Angoulême]], ([[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the Charente department: [[Angoulême]]), with 148 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Cognac]], (subprefecture of the Charente department: [[Cognac, Charente|Cognac]]), with 108 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Confolens]], (subprefecture of the Charente department: [[Confolens]]), with 138 communes. ==History== Since its creation, the Charente department has had some changes:<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/16his.html |title=Historique de la Charente |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=13 July 2016 |date= }}</ref> * 1790 : creation of the Charente department with six [[district]]s: Ruffec, Confolens, La Rochefoucauld, Angoulême, Barbezieux and Cognac. [[Angoulême]] was the [[Capital city|capital]] of the department. * 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Angoulême, Barbezieux, Cognac, Confolens and Ruffec; La Rochefoucauld was left out. * 1926 : the arrondissements of Barbezieux and Ruffec were eliminated. ==References=