Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac

The Né (French pronunciation: [ne] ) is a 66.1-kilometre (41.1 mi) river in the Charente and Charente-Maritime départements, in southwestern France. It is a left tributary of the Charente.

Louzac-Saint-André (French pronunciation: [luzak sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃dʁe]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Château de Merpins, is a ruined castle in Merpins, Charente-Maritime, France. The castle is built atop rocky outcrop overlooking the double confluence of the Ne, Charente and Antenne. Fortifications have existed since the Neolithic period. In the 10th century the manor belonged to the Taillefer, counts of Angoulême. In 1179, the castle was taken by Richard, Duke of Aquitaine and given to his illegitimate son Philippe de Falcombridge. Philippe sold the castle to King John of England in 1204. His son King Henry III of England gave the castle to Hugh X de Lusignan, lord of Cognac, husband of Isabelle d'Angouleme. In 1308 Merpins was united to the French crown, however under the Treaty of Brétigny of 1360, the castle returned to English hands. After a siege lasting six years, led by Marshal Sancerre the castle was taken again in 1387. King Charles VI of France ordered the castles destruction. The castle was still a place of fighting during the wars of religion, occupied by Catholics and Protestants. It was the Duke of Mayenne who dislodged them in 1577.

The Antenne (French: l’Antenne) is a 49.0 km long river in the Charente-Maritime département, in southwestern France. Its source is in the commune of Fontaine-Chalendray. It flows into the Charente near Cognac.

Merpins (French pronunciation: [mɛʁpɛ̃]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Javrezac (French pronunciation: [ʒavʁəzak]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis də kɔɲak], literally Saint-Sulpice of Cognac) is a former commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Val-de-Cognac.

Val-de-Cognac (French pronunciation: [val də kɔɲak], literally Vale of Cognac) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was formed on 1 January 2024, with the merger of Cherves-Richemont and Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac.

Cherves-Richemont (French pronunciation: [ʃɛʁv ʁiʃmɔ̃]) is a former commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It was formed by the merger of Cherves-de-Cognac (before 1956: Cherves) with Richemont in January 1973. On 1 January 2024, it was merged into the new commune of Val-de-Cognac.

The arrondissement of Cognac is an arrondissement of France in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 107 communes. Its population is 99,987 (2016), and its area is 1,670.8 km2 (645.1 sq mi).

Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Cognac is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Cognac. It is located in the Charente department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Cognac. Its area is 754.3 km2. Its population was 69,262 in 2019, of which 18,670 in Cognac proper.

The canton of Cognac-1 is an administrative division of the Charente department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Cognac.It consists of the following communes: