Cognac: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: New Aquitaine
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 20,868
• Coordinates: 45.6958° N, 0.3287° W
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 405 km (252 mi), straight line

Getting there

• La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport (LRH): 86 km (53 mi), straight line
• Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD): 101 km (63 mi), straight line
• Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS): 111 km (69 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Saintes: 24 km (15 mi)
• Jonzac: 29 km (18 mi)
• Saint-Jean-d'Angely: 31 km (20 mi)
• Angouleme: 38 km (23 mi)
• Champniers: 41 km (26 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bordeaux, 97 km (60 mi)