Editing Charente-Maritime (section)

==Economy==
The economy of Charente-Maritime is based on three major sectors: tourism, [[maritime industry]], and manufacturing. [[Cognac]] and [[Pineau des Charentes|pineau]] are two of the major agricultural products with maize and [[Sunflower|sunflowers]] being the others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=Agriculture de la Charente-Maritime |url=https://charente-maritime.chambre-agriculture.fr/pratique/chiffres-cles/agriculture-de-la-charente-maritime/ |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=charente-maritime.chambre-agriculture.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

Charente-Maritime is the headquarters of the major [[oyster]] producer Marennes-Oléron.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Que faire à Marennes et ses environs ? |url=https://www.infiniment-charentes.com/destination/que-faire-a-marennes/ |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Infiniment charentes |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Oysters cultivated here are shipped across Europe.

[[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]] is a shipbuilding site and has been a major French naval base since 1665.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Acerra |first=Martine |date=2011-12-21 |title=La création de l'arsenal de Rochefort |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-dix-septieme-siecle-2011-4-page-671.htm |journal=Dix-Septième Siècle |language=fr |volume=253 |issue=4 |pages=671–676 |doi=10.3917/dss.114.0671 |issn=0012-4273}}</ref>

[[La Rochelle]] is a seat of major French industry. Just outside the city, in [[Aytré]], is a factory for the French engineering giant [[Alstom]], where the [[TGV]], the cars for the [[Paris Métro|Paris]] and other [[Rapid transit|metro]]s are manufactured (see [[:fr:Alstom Aytré]]).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mankowski |first=Thomas |date=2021-10-17 |title=Charente-Maritime: sur le site d'Alstom Aytré, le pari gagné du tramway |newspaper=Sud-Ouest |language=fr-FR |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/economie/transports/charente-maritime-sur-le-site-d-alstom-aytre-le-pari-gagne-du-tramway-6585693.php |access-date=2022-07-09 |issn=1760-6454}}</ref> It is a popular venue for tourism, with its picturesque [[medieval]] harbour and city walls.