Confolens
Confolens is one of the two sub-prefectures of the Charente department. Confolens is the administrative centre of a largely rural district, which has seen the development of tourism in recent years. Confolens was built around a fortress first mentioned in the eleventh century. It still has picturesque remnants of its medieval past, including city walls and several houses dating from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It also features a bridge first mentioned in the fourteenth century which crosses the river Vienne.
