County of Saintonge

County of Saintonge Comté de Saintonge
1371–1790
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Saintonge within the Kingdom of France in 1789
Capital	Saintes
Demonym	Saintongeais, Saintongeais, Saintongeaise, Saintongeaises
Government
• Type	Province
King of France
• First	Charles V
• Last	Louis XVI
Governor of Saintonge
• First	Jean II d'Angennes, Seigneur de Rambouillet
• Last	Duke of Uzès
Historical era	Middle Ages / Early Modern
• Integrated into Kingdom of France	1371
• Decree dividing France into departments	1790
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Aquitaine Deux-Sèvres Charente-Maritime Charente
Today part of	France

The County of Saintonge (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒ]), historically spelled Xaintonge and Xainctonge, is a former province of France located on the west central Atlantic coast. The capital city was Saintes (Xaintes, Xainctes). Other principal towns include Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Jonzac, Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, Royan, Marennes, Pons, and Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire.