Jarnac
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Commune of Jarnac |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Cognac |
| Canton | Jarnac |
| Intercommunality | Jarnac |
| Mayor | Jérôme Royer (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 8 m–40 m (avg. 19 m) |
| Land area¹ | 11.99 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,659 |
| - Density | 388/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 16102/ 16200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Jarnac is a commune in the French département of Charente.
It was the site of the myth of the legendary strike , in a judicial duel, Le Coup de Jarnac, on the July 10, 1547, beetween Guy I Chabot de Jarnac and Francois de Vivonne de la Châtaigneraie, and the Battle of Jarnac in 1569.
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[edit] Geography
Jarnac is situated on the right bank of the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Cognac.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Jarnac was the birthplace of François Mitterrand and the region is associated with the finer art of cognac production since the 1800s.
[edit] Sister cities
Jarnac is paired with:
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 le Musée Mitterrand |
 Église Saint-Pierre depuis la mairie |
 le Parc, les Moulins, l'Écluse |
 le Port Gros-Jean |
 La Fontbadant |
 le grand pont sur la Charente |
 le Quai de l'Orangerie |
 le Quai de l'Orangerie et le pont |
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