Administration Offices in Poitou-Charentes

Contact information for the Prefectures and Sous-Prefectures in the Poitou-Charentes region of West France. The places to go for residency papers (titre de sejour), vehicle registration papers (carte grise), driving licences and more...

Préfecture is the name given to the administrative body of a region (département) and is the capital city of that region. The préfecture is in charge of the delivery of driving licences, passports, identity cards, car registration documents and residency permits.

Each département also has one or more sub-prefectures (sous-préfecture) able to carry out many - but not all - administrative activities.

  • To see a map of the four départements of the Poitou-Charentes: Click here
Préfectures
Charente (16)
7-9 rue de la Préfecture
16017 Angoulême
Open: Monday to Friday 08:30-15:30		 Tel: 05 45 97 61 00
Fax: 05 45 97 61 16
email
Website
Charente-Maritime (17)
38 rue Réaumur
BP 501
17017 La Rochelle		 Tel: 05 46 27 43 00
Fax: 05 46 41 10 30
email
Website
Deux-Sèvres (79)
Rue Duguesclin
79000 Niort		 Tel: 05 49 08 68 68
Fax: 05 49 28 09 67
email
Website
Vienne (86)
7 Place Aristide Briand
86000 Poitiers		 Tel: 05 49 55 70 00
Fax: 05 49 88 25 34
email
Website
Sous-Préfectures
Charente (16): Cognac
Place du Général de Gaulle
16100 Cognac
Open: Monday to Friday 08:30-12:00 and 13:00-17:00		 Tel: 05 45 82 00 60
Fax: 05 45 82 27 15
email
Charente (16): Confolens
Rue Babaud Lacroze, 16500 Confolens
Open: Monday to Friday 08:30-12:00 and 13:00-15:30		 Tel: 05 45 84 01 44
Tel: 05 45 84 01 44
email
Charente-Maritime (17): Saintes
Place du Synode, BP 325
17108 Saintes		 Tel: 05 46 92 37 00
Fax: 05 46 93 22 32
Charente-Maritime (17): Rochefort
21 rue Jean Jaures
17300 Rochefort		 Tel: 05 46 87 08 08
Fax: 05 46 99 80 76
Charente-Maritime (17): Saint-Jean d'Angely
Place de l'Hotel de Ville, BP 94,
17415 St-Jean d'Angély		 Tel: 05 46 32 24 87
Fax: 05 46 32 59 64
Charente-Maritime (17): Jonzac
4 rue du Château, BP 29
17501 Jonzac		 Tel: 05 46 48 02 11
Fax: 05 46 48 26 02
Deux-Sèvres (79): Bressuire
4, rue des Hardilliers, 79302 Bressuire		 Tel: 05 49 65 16 11
Fax: 05 49 65 00 79
Deux-Sèvres (79): Parthenay
20, Bd de la Meilleraie, 79200 Parthenay		 Tel: 05 49 94 19 33
Fax: 05 49 95 22 78
Vienne (86): Châtellerault
Rue Choisnin, 86100 Châtellerault		 Tel: 05 49 86 79 80
Fax: 05 49 21 34 17
Vienne (86): Montmorillon
1, Bd de Strasbourg, 86500 Montmorillon		 Tel: 05 49 91 12 44
Fax: 05 49 91 20 75
Centre d'Impots
There are tax offices at various locations through the region. To find the specific service and location you need, click on "Contacts" French Government Central Taxation
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