Touvre

Touvre is a common French, located in the department of the Charente and the area Poitou-Charentes.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

  • François Ravaillac, assassin of the King Henri IV known as was born in Touvre in 1578 in certain writings. This legend rests on the fact that there exists in Touvre a house which the popular tradition calls " the castle of Ravaillac" , but which belonged forever to the Ravaillac family. It should be noted that no document of files of Touvre mentions the Ravaillac patronym.
Actually, it was born with Angouleme, where its family was established since several generations.

See too

  • Common of Charente
  • Path of great excursion GR. 4

External bonds

  • Touvre on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Touvre on the site of INSEE
  • Touvre on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Touvre on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Touvre on Mapquest

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