names_Charente

1	La Pallice	Old French, palisse, hedge	Port built in 1880 to supplement la Rochelle
2	Lagord	obscure
3	Laigne	from the river la Laigne
4	Landes	French from Gaulish, Lande	Large uncultivated area
5	Landrais	*Landaracum, German name Landar with -acum	Salt block workings at la Petite Bourgne, the "bourna", spring
6	Leouville	German name Leodulfus + villa
7	Lindron (le)	? Gaulish, lindon (pool)
8	Loire-les-Marais		Salt block workings at Treuil and Ludčne, at the cliff edge marking the coast before the infilling of the marshes.
9	Loire-sur-Nie
10	Loix
11	Longeves	Latin name long aqua
12	Lonzac	Latin name Longius with -acum
13	Lorignac	Latin name *Laurinius with -acum
14	Loulay	Lolius, Gallo-Roman name with -acum	Indicates ownership of an estate
15	Louzignac	From Gallo-Roman name Lausenna with -acum	Indicates ownership of an estate
16	Lozay	Latin name Lausius with -acum
17	Luchat	Lupchiacus, Latin name Luppius with -acum
18	Ludčne
19	Lussac	Latin name Lucius with -acum
20	Lussant	Gaulish, uxantos	High, with the article agglutinated