1 | Agonnay | Agonnacum, from Aconis | Latin, personal name with -acum (indicating ownership) |
2 | Agudelle | Latin, acutus (pointed) + ella (diminutive) | |
3 | Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | Latin acrifolius (holly) | |
4 | Allas-Bocage | Gaulish personal name Alacius with -acum | Alacius his place |
5 | Allas-Champagne | Gaulish personal name Alacius +acum | |
6 | Anais | Latin name Annus + acum | Anais is a modern corruption |
7 | Andilly | Gallo-Roman name Andillius + acum | From Gaulish, Andius |
8 | Angliers | Latin angulata (corner) +arium | The corner of land |
9 | Angoulins | Germanic personal name, Agolenus | |
10 | Annepont | Germanic personal name Anna + Latin pons (bridge) | Anna's bridge |
11 | Annezay | Latin name Anitius + acum | Anitius his place |
12 | Antezant-la-Chapelle | Latin name Anticius + anum | |
13 | Arces | Latin arcus (bridge, arch) | |
14 | Archiac | Germanic name Archo + acum | From the Latin form of Archo = Archius |
15 | Archingeay | Gaulish name Arcantius + acum | Site of a spring with a Gallo-Roman basin |
16 | Ardillieres | Argilla (clay) + aria | Ardile (French dialect form), clay. Salt block manufactury at Chalon, which name comes from salt |
17 | Ars-en-Ré | Latin arcus (arches) or possibly Basque aritz (oak) | The island was ruled by the Basques until the eighth century. |
18 | Arthenac | Latin name Artinius ( from bear) + acum | Artinius his place |
19 | Arvert | Are (by, close to) + vern (alder) | The wandering dunes of the peninsula of Arvert are due to the retreat of the ancient forest. At the beginning of the Middle Ages Arvert was an island in the marshes of the Seudre estuary. |
20 | Asnieres-la-Giraud | Asinaria | Donkey farm |
21 | Aujac | Occacum, Occius (Gaulish personal name) with -acum | Occius’s place |
22 | Aulnay | Alnedonnacum, Alnedonius (Gallo-Roman personal name), Gallo-Roman cult site at le Bureau | Gallo-Roman graves were found in 1959. A Roman road links Aulnay to Eduts. Fines (boundary) from the Antonine Itinerary. |
23 | Aumagne | Mans (small rural enclosure) | Also gives the local name 'maine', Aumagne demonstrates the agglutination of the article. |
24 | Authon-Ebeon | Auguste + dunon | Craftsman’s settlement |
25 | Avy | Aviacum, Latin name, Avus + -acum | Avus his place |
26 | Aytré | | |