Aguiéne

The area where the Poetevin-Séntunjhaes language is spoken, in midwest France, is sometimes named Aguiéne (native name) or Aguiaine (Standard French name): this is an old medieval name, derived from Latin Aquitania.

Aguiéne can be viewed on this map.

It comprises the following zones:

• From a historical point of view, the traditional provinces of Poitou, Saintonge, Aunis and Angoumois.
• From an administrative point of view: the official region of Poitou-Charentes and the department of Vendée (adding some strips of the nearby departments of Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Indre, Dordogne and Gironde, but removing a western strip of Poitou-Charente where Occitan is spoken).

The main cities of Aguiéne are Poitiers, Niort, La Rochelle, Angoulême, Saintes and La Roche-sur-Yon.

Aguiéne includes some little islands of the Atlantic Ocean, near the mainland, which are Noirmoutier, Yeu, Ré, l'Ile d'Aix and Oléron.