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TER Poitou-Charentes
TER Poitou-Charentes was the regional rail network serving the Poitou-Charentes région in France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Network Rail Road * Angoulême – Jonzac * Poitiers – Parthenay – Bressuire – Cholet – Nantes * Thouars – Loudun – Chinon * Poitiers – Chauvigny – Le Blanc – Châteauroux * Niort – Fontenay-le-Comte * La Rochelle – Fontenay-le-Comte Rolling Stock Multiple units * SNCF Class Z 7300 * SNCF Class Z 21500 * SNCF Class X 2100 * SNCF Class X 2200 * SNCF Class X 72500 * SNCF Class X 73500 * SNCF Class Z 27500 ( ZGC Z 27500) Locomotives * SNCF Class BB 22200 Buses * Iveco Bus * Arway Future Niort – Fontenay-le-Comte line 25% of this line, closed to passenger traffic since 1969, is located in Poitou-Charentes, with the remainder located in Pays de la Loire. The reopening of the line was included in the ''Contract for Regional and State Projects'' (Contrat de projets État-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014 through the merger of three regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. It covers – or of the country – and has 5,956,978 inhabitants (municipal population on 1 January 2017). The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015. It is the largest region in France by area (including overseas regions such as French Guiana), with a territory slightly larger than that of Austria. Its prefecture and largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the seventh-largest metropolitan area of France, with 850,000 inhabitants. The region has 25 major urban areas, among which the most important after Bordeaux a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limoges-Bénédictins Station
Limoges-Bénédictins ( French: ''Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins'') is the main railway station of Limoges. It is situated on the Orléans–Montauban railway. It was named Bénédictins due to the presence of a Benedictine monastery closed during the French Revolution. History The CF du PO opened the first railway line in the city in the 1850s. The first station, built of wood, opened on 16 June 1856. The first stone-built station opened in 1860. On 21 November 1918, the city council of Limoges and CF du PO signed an agreement regarding the construction of a new station. The construction works lasted from 1924 and 1929. The station was inaugurated on 2 July 1929. The Germans also used an underground roadway as a passive defense shelter, located under the tracks, which previously linked the Ambazac road to Locarno Avenue, now partly walled. The "Wehrmacht Reserved" sign (nur für Wehrmacht) is still present. On the night of 23–24 June 1944, thanks to information from the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montendre
Montendre () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population In 1972 Montendre absorbed the former communes Chardes and Vallet. See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Charente-Maritime County of Saintonge {{CharenteMaritime-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonzac
Jonzac (; french: label=Poitevin-Saintongese, Jhonzat) is a commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. The historian Jean Glénisson (1921–2010) was born in Jonzac as well as the philosopher Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968) Geography The river Seugne flows northwest through the commune and crosses the town. The station of Jonzac has a direct connection the station Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean. Jonzac is located in the south of Charente-Maritime, with the department's capital La Rochelle 105 km to the northwest. The capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Bordeaux, is 90 km to the southwest. 55 km to its east is Angoulême, capital of the neighbouring Charente department. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochefort Station
Gare de Rochefort is a railway station serving the town Rochefort, Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... Services The following train services serve the station as of January 2021: *intercity services (''Intercités'') Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux *regional services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) La Rochelle - Rochefort - Saintes - Bordeaux *local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) La Rochelle - Rochefort References Railway stations in Charente-Maritime Railway stations in France opened in 1857 Gare {{Poitou-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rochelle Station
Gare de La Rochelle is the main railway station serving La Rochelle. The station building, which includes a 45-metre-tall clock tower, was built in 1922 by Pierre Esquié for the CF de l'Etat replacing the older building. The railway station is well known for the "Danseurs au ballon" painted on the ceiling by Emile Sourice and Nicus Georget, 2 local artists. The station was renovated by Franck Beck and Luc Mouret in the early 1990s for the arrival of the TGV Atlantique. La Rochelle is linked to Poitiers, Tours, Bordeaux and Paris as well as regional (TER) services to other towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, such as Angoulême and Niort. There are both TGV and TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ... rail services serving La Rochelle station. The following train service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montmorillon
Montmorillon () is a commune in central-western France, in the Vienne department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Its inhabitants are called ''Montmorillonnaises'' ''and Montmorillonnais''. Montmorillon is a Book town and it is branded as the "City of Writing". The town has several writing-inspired museums and bookshops covering several genres. History left, "Bières de Montmorillon" The town was once known for paper making, but in the nineteenth century the mill and its plentiful supply of clean water was repurposed to making the "Beer of Montmorillon". The beer was made from 1848 and sold to discerning drinkers who rejected the usual drink of red wine. The family-run business continued to 1963, leaving several abandoned buildings. In 2015, the brewery opened again. The clay mineral montmorillonite was named after Montmorillon after its discovery there in 1847. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruffec, Charente
Ruffec () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente Departments of France, department in southwestern France. It is a stopover town on the road from Paris to Spain (Route nationale 10), between Poitiers and Angoulême. During the Second World War, Ruffec was at the centre of Resistance for the evacuation of the Allied airmen towards Spain. Population Its inhabitants are known as the ''Ruffécois'' or the ''Ruffécoises'' in French. Twin towns – sister cities Ruffec is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Waldsee, Palatinate, Waldsee, Germany * Pásztó, Hungary See also *Communes of the Charente department References Communes of Charente Angoumois {{Charente-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poitiers Station
The Gare de Poitiers is a major railway station in the French city of Poitiers, in the department of Vienne and region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The station is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway. It was built in the 1850s. Services A wide array of rail services serve Poitiers, including TGV Atlantique services from Paris Montparnasse to Bordeaux. Other rail services operate under the Transport express régional (TER) brand, and run from Poitiers to Angoulême, Tours, Limoges, Niort and La Rochelle. The station is also served by a TER bus service to Parthenay Parthenay () is an ancient fortified town and ''commune'' in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is sited on a rocky spur that is surrounded on two sides by the River Thouet, and is the su ... and Nantes. References Railway stations in Vienne Buildings and structures in Poitiers Railway stations in France opened in 1851 {{Poitou-railstation-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saintes Station
Gare de Saintes is a railway station serving the town Saintes, Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Services The following train services call at the station as of January 2021: *intercity services (''Intercités'') Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux *regional services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) La Rochelle - Rochefort - Saintes - Bordeaux *regional services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Royan - Saintes - Angoulême *regional services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Niort - Saintes - Royan References Railway stations in Charente-Maritime Railway stations in France opened in 1867 Gare {{Poitou-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Saint-Jean-d'Angély (; Saintongeais: ''Sént-Jhan-d'Anjhéli'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. The commune has its historical origins in the Abbey of Saint-Jean-d'Angély. Royal abbey Founded in the ninth century to house a relic of Saint John the Baptist, and rebuilt in the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries because of repeated destruction, then later abandoned, the Abbey is now a listed building. It remains the most remarkable piece of architecture of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, a town which has kept all its medieval charm. Situated on the pilgrim route that led to Santiago de CompostelaThe route is registered by the UNESCO as part of the "World Heritage of Humanity" the edifice still constitutes a major stopping-off point towards Santiago de Compostela. Since 1989, the Royal Abbey has housed the Centre of European Culture, which has breathed new life into the Abbey by restoring it as a historical and cultural site and as a place for the exch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royan
Royan (; in the Saintongeais dialect; oc, Roian) is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its inhabitants are known as ''Royannais'' and ''Royannaises''. Capital of the Côte de Beauté, Royan is one of the main French Atlantic coastal resort towns, and has five beaches, a marina for over 1,000 boats, and an active fishing port. As of 2013, the population of the greater urban area was 48,982. The town had 18,393 inhabitants in 2015. Royan is located on the peninsula of Arvert, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary on its eastern shore. Royan was once of strategic importance, coveted in particular by the Visigoths and the Vikings. During the Reformation the city became a Protestant stronghold, and was besieged and destroyed by King Louis XIII of France (ruled 1610-43). During the Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830), and especially during the Second Empire (1852–1870), Royan was celebrated for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
