is a
Département in central
France named after the
Charente River .
Charente was one of the original 83 departments created during the
French Revolution on
March 4 ,
1790 . It was created from the former province of
Angoumois .
The department is part of the current region of
Poitou-Charentes . It is surrounded by the departments of
Vienne ,
Haute-Vienne ,
Dordogne ,
Gironde ,
Charente-Maritime , and
Deux-Sèvres . It contains part of the geographical regions of
Poitou and
Limousin .
The inhabitants of the department are called ''Charentais''.
Cognac and
Pineau are two of the major agricultural products.They also produce excellent butter. But the Charentaise slipper is the 2nd most well-known product (after cognac).
