Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente (;

Limousin Limousin (; ) is a former administrative region of southwest-central France. Named after the old province of Limousin, the administrative region was founded in 1960. It comprised three departments: Corrèze, Creuse, and Haute-Vienne. On 1 Jan ...

: ''Sent Quentin'') is a commune in the

Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, and also the r ...

department in

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, southwestern

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.Commune de Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente (16345)
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Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente, called Saint-Quentin locally, is part of the canton of Charente-Vienne. It lies on the upper course of the river

. The nearest larger towns are

Chabanais Chabanais (; ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Geography The river Vienne passes through Chabanais. The village is located in the Rochechouart impact structure. The ancient asteroid impact crater associated ...

( to the northeast),

Rochechouart Rochechouart (, ; , earlier ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France. It is a subprefecture of the department. The name of the town comes from Latin ''roca cavardi'', which roughly transl ...

( to the east) and

Confolens Confolens ( ; Limousin: ''Cofolents'', ) is a commune in southwestern France. It is one of the two sub-prefectures of the Charente department. Confolens is the administrative center of a largely rural district, which has seen the development ...

( to the north). The prefecture

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; ) is a small city in the southwestern French Departments of France, department of Charente, of which it is the Prefectures of France, prefecture. Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of ...

is to the southwest.Quelques villes proches de Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente
villorama.com It is served by several small country roads. The D161 and the D190 serve the town. The D164 passes just north of the town. The N 141 (Angoulême–Limoges) passes north of the town. The nearest train station is in Chabanais, served by TER.

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