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Angoumois shieldAngoumois

(äN´gū-mwä´) (pron: ong-goo-mwah)

Capital: Angoulême (pron: ong-goo-lame)
French annexation: 1308

Occupied by Gallic peoples in pre-Roman times, Angoumois was originally part of Charlemagne’s empire.

Angoumois provincial map