Jauldes

Jauldes is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Jauldes belongs to a communaute d'agglomération, which can be defined as the intercommunal structure centred on the city of Angoulême.
Its inhabitants are the Jauldois and the ''Jauldoises.''

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Geography

Jauldes is located 17 km at the north of Angoulême and 11 km at the north-west of LaRochefoucald, at 10 km of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe and 12 km of Mansle.
Jauldes is 6 km at the east of the RN10. The RD11 goes through the commune; it serves Anais and Chasseneuil too. The D91, which also goes through the town, serves it to the Angoulême airport.

Surrounding hamlets

There are many hamlets which surrounds the commune: L'Age, Cussac, la Mornière, Margnac, Magnac, Nouailles, la Motte, le Bois, le Petit Cherves, chez Forgeau for example.

Geology and topography

The ground displays limestone dating from Late Jurassic. It belongs to the karst de la Rouchefoucauld.
The relief of the commune is "plateau-type", with an average elevation of 120 meters, slightly curved along a north-south axis. The peak of the communal territory reaches 151 meters, near Âge.

Hydrography

Jauldes is localised inside the Charente drainage basin, within the Bassin Adour Garonne.
Any rivers do not cross the municipality. However, at its south-west, the Ruisseau du Moulin des Rivauds originates near La Mercerie and flows towards ''Anais.''

Water management

The municipal area is governed by the SAGE "Charente". The scope of this document is the Charente basin water management, a superficie of 9300 km². The SAGE was approved 19 November 2019. The Territorial basin public establishment develops and executes the SAGE. The Territorial basin public establishment defines, within the scope, the general objectives for the use and for the protection of ressources like groundwater and surface water.