The Region of Nouvelle Aquitaine was created in 2016 from the merger of Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes and stretches down the Atlantic coast from La Rochelle to the Spanish Border at St Jean-de-Luz.
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The region includes the départements of
- 16 Charente
- 17 Charente-Maritime
- 19 Correze
- 23 Creuse
- 79 Deux-Sevres
- 24 Dordogne
- 33 Gironde
- 87 Haute-Vienne
- 40 Landes
- 47 Lot-et-Garonne
- 64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques
- 86 Vienne
and the wine regions of
- Bordeaux
- Cognac and Armagnac (part)
- South West France (part)