Editing Angoulême (section)

===Districts===
[[File:Angouleme 1914.jpg|thumb|right|Map of Angoulême in 1914.]]

'''Old Angoulême''' is the old part between the ramparts and the town centre with winding streets and small squares. The '''city centre''' is also located on the plateau and was portrayed by [[Honoré de Balzac]] in "The Lost Illusions" as "the height of grandeur and power". There is a Castle, a town hall, a prefecture, and a cathedral with grand houses everywhere. Unlike Old Angoulême, however, the entire city centre was greatly rebuilt in the 19th century.

Surrounding the city were five old [[faubourgs]]: [[L'Houmeau (Angoulême)|l'Houmeau]], Saint-Cybard, Saint-Martin, Saint-Ausone, and la Bussatte. The district of '''l'Houmeau''' was described by Balzac as "based on trade and money" because this district lived on trade, boatmen, and their [[scow]]s. The port of l'Houmeau was created in 1280 on the river bank. It marked the beginning of the navigable part from Angoulême to the sea. '''Saint-Cybard''', on the bank of the Charente, was created around the [[Abbey of Saint-Cybard]] then became an industrial area with [[papermill]]s, especially ''Le Nil''. '''Saint-Martin - Saint-Ausone''' is a district composed of two former parishes outside the ramparts. At '''La Bussatte''' the Champ de Mars esplanade is now converted into a shopping mall, and adjoins '''Saint-Gelais'''.

Today the city has fifteen districts:
* '''Centre-ville'''
* '''Old Angoulême'''
* '''Saint-Ausone - Saint-Martin'''
* '''Saint-Gelais'''
* '''La Bussatte - Champ de Mars'''
* '''L'Houmeau'''
* '''Saint-Cybard'''
* '''Victor-Hugo, Saint-Roch''' is notable for its military presence.
* '''Basseau''' is a district which was created in the 19th century with the port of Basseau, the explosives factory in 1821, the Laroche-Joubert papermill in 1842, then the bridge in 1850.
* '''Sillac - La Grande-Garenne''' was a private housing estate then was built up with [[HLM]] units.
* '''Bel-Air, la Grand Font''' in the railway station district with housing blocks from the 1950s at Grand Font.
* '''La Madeleine''' which was completely rebuilt after the bombings of 1944.
* '''Ma Campagne''' is a district which was detached from [[Puymoyen]] commune in 1945<ref name="privat">Pierre Dubourg-Noves (dir.), ''History of Angoulême and its surroundings'', Toulouse, Éditions Privat, coll. "Univers de la France et des pays francophones", 1990, 319 p. ({{ISBN|2-7089-8246-X}}, notice BnF no FRBNF350724243), p. 295-296 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> and built-up as a collective habitat from 1972.
* Le '''Petit Fresquet''' was also detached from Puymoyen and is semi-rural.
* '''Frégeneuil''' was also detached from Puymoyen and is semi-rural.