- Saint-Claud
Saint-Claud is a commune in the
Charente department in westernFrance .The small commune is located northeast of
Angoulême .The commune is the ancestrial home to
Sir Wilfrid Laurier ,Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. Lauries ancestor wasFrançois Cottineau , who left Saint Claud forNew France in 1677 as the member of the Régiment de Carignan-Salières.ee also
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Communes of the Charente department References
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