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The
Poitou-Charentes
Region is made up of 4 Departments: Charente, Charente
Maritime, Deux-Sèvres, and Vienne.
The
population of Charente represents 1/5 of the Poitou-Charente
population and has a density of 57 inhabitants per Km²,
similar to that of Vienne and Deux-Sèvres; only
Charente Maritime reaches 81 inhabitants per Km²,
due primarily to the attraction of the coast and the islands.
On the North-South Atlantic
axis, the N10 crosses the region through Châtellerault,
Poitiers and Angoulême, with numerous 4-lane sections,
the A 10 motorway goes through Poitiers, Niort and Saintes.
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On
the East-West axis, the various Central Europe - Atlantic
road link projects are designed to improve the roadways
and link the Atlantic Coast to Central Europe.
The
TGV stops at the stations of the four capitals of the
Department, Poitiers, Angoulême, Niort and La Rochelle.
The autonomous port of
La
Rochelle s the only deep-water port on the French
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