Anais, Charente
commune in Charente, France
Anais (French pronunciation: [anɛ]) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
Geography
Location and access
Anais is located 14 km north of Angoulême. It is crossed from north to south by National Highway N10 from Angoulême to Poitiers which passes 1.5 km west of the town and is a landscaped expressway of four lanes.
Anais is also 4 km west of Jauldes, 6 km south-east of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe - the chief town of the district, 7 km east of Vars, 11 km south of Mansle, and 5 km north-west of Brie.
The commune is traversed from east to west by the D11 road from Chasseneuil to Rouillac via Vars which passes through the village and continues to join the N10 by an interchange on the western border of the commune. The D45 road also goes from the village south to La Chignolle as well as the D113 from Montignac-Charente in the west to Cherves in the east.
Anais is 5 km north of Angoulême airport. The nearest train station is that at Angoulême.
Localities and hamlets
The town has two large hamlets or villages as big as Anais town: Le Breuil d'Anais located to the south-east, and Churet to the south on the old national highway 10 near La Chignolle in Champniers commune.
To the west of the town the area of La Touche has developed due to the interchange on the N10.
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