Poitou-Charentes - FRI3

EU regions: France > AQUITAINE-LIMOUSIN-POITOU-CHARENTES > Poitou-Charentes

indicator	period	value
unemployment rate	2020	8.7
employment rate	2020	67.9
number of inhabitants	2020	1 813 633
population density	2019	70
life long learning participation	2020	12.7
NEET	2020	13
old-age dependency ratio	2020	43.6
gender gap in employment rate	2020	89.4

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Poitou-Charentes (French pronunciation: [pwatu ʃaʁɑ̃t] (listen); Occitan: Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongese: Poetou-Chérentes) is a former administrative region on the south-west coast of France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. Historical provinces are Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge and Poitou.

The regional capital is Poitiers. Other important cities are La Rochelle, Niort, Angoulême, Châtellerault, Saintes, Rochefort and Royan.

Poitou-Charentes was merged with Aquitaine and Limousin to form the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine on January 1, 2016.

Politics

The regional council is composed of 56 members. The region is the home of France's losing presidential candidate Socialist Ségolène Royal in the election of 2007.

Demographics

In French, the region's residents are known as Picto-Charentais.

other: AQUITAINE-LIMOUSIN-POITOU-CHARENTES, Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes, Limousin

neighbours: Limousin, Centre – Val de Loire, Pays de la Loire, Aquitaine

subregions: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres, Vienne

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