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  1. Fishing port in W France; population (1982)
  2. 102,000. It is the capital of
  3. Charente-Maritime departement. Industries
  4. include shipbuilding, chemicals, and motor
  5. vehicles. A Huguenot stronghold, it was taken
  6. by Cardinal Richelieu in the siege of
  7. 1627-28.
  8.