Saintes: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: New Aquitaine
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 29,512
• Coordinates: 45.7474° N, 0.6349° W
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 412 km (256 mi), straight line

Getting there

• La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport (LRH): 65 km (40 mi), straight line
• Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD): 102 km (64 mi), straight line
• Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS): 118 km (73 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Saint-Jean-d'Angely: 24 km (15 mi)
• Cognac: 24 km (15 mi)
• Royan: 34 km (21 mi)
• Rochefort: 34 km (21 mi)
• Jonzac: 37 km (23 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bordeaux, 101 km (63 mi)