Place details
Place nameSaintonge
Other namesSaintonge et Angoumois
CountryFrance
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Historic province of W France, on Bay of Biscay; inhabited by Gallic Santones tribe before coming under Roman rule; occupied by Visigoths 419 AD; taken by Clovis 507; with Aquitaine, became English territory in 1154; reconquered by French in 1371.