La Couronne () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

The commune lies to the southwest of Angoulême. Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert (1820–1884) was born in La Couronne. He established two modern paper manufacturing plants in La Couronne, L’Escalier and Girac, where he installed second-generation machines almost 12 metres (39ft) long making sheets of paper 1.25 to 1.5 metres (4ft 1 in to 4ft 11 in) wide.

Climate

On average, La Couronne experiences 41.6 days per year with a minimum temperature below , 0.3 days per year with a minimum temperature below , 1.5 days per year with a maximum temperature below , and 26.5 days per year with a maximum temperature above . The record high temperature was on June 23, 2026, while the record low temperature was on January 16, 1985.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Charente department

• Abbey Notre-Dame de La Couronne

References