A city of western France on the Charente River north-northeast of Bordeaux.

法国西部一城市，靠近查兰特河，在波尔多东北偏北。

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The 49-year-old from Hertfordshire dashed inside to grab a camera, in time to capture the progress of one of the streaks of lightning over the hamlet in Charente Maratime, near La Rochelle.

49岁的纳杜佐来自赫特福德郡，他冲进室内抓起照相机，及时拍下邻近拉罗谢尔的夏朗德省玛拉提姆村庄上空劈落下来的枝状闪电。

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His butter comes from Charente, in the west of France, and his flour comes from Chartres, southwest of Paris.

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In Mr de Lacoste's own department, Charente-Maritime, towns like La Rochelle and Rochefort are dominated by the centre-left, while the mainstream right controls the surrounding countryside.

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