Marennes () is a former

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in the

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...

department, southwestern

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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Marennes-Hiers-Brouage.Arrêté préfectoral
27 November 2018

History

For a long time it was one of the most prosperous cities of the Saintonge due to its location in the middle of the salt-water marshes at a time where salt was a valuable commodity. Marennes is a center for

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Population

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Former communes of Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Populated places disestablished in 2019 {{CharenteMaritime-geo-stub County of Saintonge