Antenne

The antenna at the mill of Préziers

The antenna is a river in France, in the Poitou -Charentes. It rises at Fontaine- Chalendray and crosses the départements of Charente- Maritime and Charente. To the west of Cognac joins the antenna after 48 kilometers as a right tributary of the Charente.

History

The name " antenna " is derived from the pre-Celtic times. The valley was already inhabited in the Paleolithic what the out of the cave by Marcel Clouet originating in Javrezac finds from the Mousterian period of the show (about 40,000 years ago ).

Conservation

In the middle and lower section of the river, the river forms a natural landscape worth preserving, which is registered under Natura 2000, under code FR5400473.

Places on the river

• Fontaine- Chalendray
• Cressé
• Les Touches- de - Périgny
• Matha
• Prignac
• Le Seure
• Mesnac
• Saint- Sulpice -de- Cognac
• Cherves -Richemont
• Javrezac