🇫🇷 Tonnay-Charente is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
In the 18th century, it was the home town of prominent Irish physician Dr. Theobald Jennings and his son, Irish-born French General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine who fought in the American War of Independence and, more significantly, in the French revolutionary wars with Napoleon I of France. There is a personal portrait of General Kilmaine in the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Tonnay-Charente. Rue Kilmaine, a street in Tonnay-Charente was named in his honour.
Tonnay-Charente has a population of over 8,142 people. Tonnay-Charente also forms part of the wider Rochefort Arrondissement which has a population of over 189,875 people. It is also a part of the larger Charente-Maritime Département. Tonnay-Charente is situated near Rochefort.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Tonnay-Charente has links with:
🏴 Sandown, England🇨🇦 Fredericton 45.95
🇸🇮 Nova Gorica 45.95
🇨🇦 Sainte-Julienne 45.967
🇫🇷 Villefranche-sur-Saône 45.983
🏴 Northampton -0.895
🇫🇷 Vire Normandie -0.889
🏴 Melton Mowbray -0.886
🇫🇷 Segré-en-Anjou Bleu -0.871
🏴 Buckinghamshire -0.809
🏴 Market Harborough -0.921
🇫🇷 Lesparre-Médoc -0.937
🏴 Petersfield -0.937
🇪🇸 Torre-Pacheco -0.95
🇪🇸 Torre Pacheco -0.954
Locations Near: Tonnay-Charente -0.9075,45.9486
🇫🇷 Rochefort -0.959,45.942 d: 4
🇫🇷 La Rochelle -1.15,46.16 d: 30
🇫🇷 Saintes -0.617,45.743 d: 32
🇫🇷 Saint-Jean-d'Angély -0.529,45.946 d: 29.2
🇫🇷 Fontenay-le-Comte -0.806,46.466 d: 58.1
🇫🇷 Niort -0.461,46.326 d: 54.3
🇫🇷 Lesparre-Médoc -0.937,45.309 d: 71.2
Antipodal to: Tonnay-Charente 179.093,-45.949
🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19394.3
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19388.5
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19390.8
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19390.8
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19390.5
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19379.4
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19332.3
🇳🇿 Hastings 176.843,-39.645 d: 19290.6
🇳🇿 Napier 176.9,-39.505 d: 19276.6
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19436.7