Charente-Maritime

[ sha-rahnt-ma-ree-teem ]

noun

1. a department in W France. 2,792 sq. mi. (7,230 sq. km). : La Rochelle.

Charente-Maritime

/ ʃarɑ̃tmaritim /

noun

1. a department of W France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: La Rochelle. Pop: 576 855 (2003 est). Area: 7232 sq km (2820 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The Charente-Maritime region just north of Bordeaux was particularly affected.

From BBC

Amid a record-breaking stretch of winter drought across France, wildfires broke out in February near Avignon in the southeast, in the Pyrenees region in the southwest, and the Charente-Maritime region on the Atlantic coast.

From Seattle Times

The France Meteo weather service put seven departments on flood alert on Monday, including Charente-Maritime, two areas along the Loire river, the Somme and Oise regions in northern France and the Seine-et-Marne region east of Paris.

From Reuters

“We are at a peak level now. We expect water levels to rise a little more in coming days, and to subside from mid-week,” a Charente-Maritime spokeswoman said.

From Reuters

On the afternoon I stop in to the Hôtel Restaurant du Col d’Osquich, its vast dining hall, with old timber beams and a massive hearth, has welcomed several busloads of tourists from Charente-Maritime, several hours north.

From New York Times