- Jarnac
french commune
nomcommune=Jarnac
Charente River
région=Poitou-Charentes
département=Charente
arrondissement=Cognac
canton=Jarnac
insee=16102
cp=16200
maire=Jérôme Royer
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Jarnac
latitude=45.681388
longitude=-0.1758333
alt moy=19 m
alt mini=8 m
alt maxi=40 m
hectares=1199
km²=11.99
sans=4,659
date-sans=1999
dens=388
date-dens=1999Jarnac is a commune in the French "département" of
Charente . It was the site of the myth of the legendary strike , in a judicial duel, "Le Coup de Jarnac", on theJuly 10 ,1547 , beetweenGuy I Chabot de Jarnac andFrancois de Vivonne de la Châtaigneraie , and theBattle of Jarnac in1569 .Geography
Jarnac is situated on the right bank of the river Charente between the towns of
Angoulême andCognac .Miscellaneous
Jarnac was the birthplace of former president
François Mitterrand (26 October 1916 - 8 January 1996) and the region is associated with the finer art of cognac production since the 1800s.ister cities
Jarnac is paired with:
*Dalkeith , Scotland
*Lautertal , Germany
*Donnacona,Quebec , Canada
*Dogliani , ItalyGallery
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