La Couronne, Charente
La Couronne (French pronunciation: [la kuʁɔn]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
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| Coordinates: 45°36′30″N 0°06′03″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême |
| Canton | La Couronne |
| Intercommunality | Grand Angoulême |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Dauré |
| Area 1 | 28.82 km2 (11.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 7,753 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16113 /16400 |
| Elevation | 31–137 m (102–449 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
The commune lies to the southwest of Angoulême. Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert (1820–1884) was born in La Couronne. He established two modern paper manufacturing plants in La Couronne, L’Escalier and Girac, where he installed second-generation machines almost 12 metres (39 ft) long making sheets of paper 1.25 to 1.5 metres (4 ft 1 in to 4 ft 11 in) wide.
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