names_charente

1	Macqueville	Germanic name, Maculf + villa	Gallo-Roman rural estate
2	Marans	Latin name *marentius + -acum	This ancient port on the bay of the Pictones at the confluence of the Sèvre Niortaise and the Vendée was destroyed by the Vikings in 830.
3	Marennes	Latin Maritima, village by the sea	On the Seudre estuary, opposite Oléron. Like Arvert, on the other side of the estuary, Marennes was once an island in the marshes. Ausonius reported that oysters were cultivated in the estuary of the Seudre .
4	Marignac	Latin name Marinius with -acum
5	Marsais	Latin name Marcius with -acum
6	Marsilly
7	Massac	Latin name Macius with -acum
8	Matha	Matta, bushes
9	Mathes	Mata, bushes	Chalk hill in the marshes of Saint-Augustin and Bréjat, in Arvert.
10	Mazeray	Maceracum, from Macerius Gallo-Roman name, nickname meaning 'thin' + -acum	Macer his place
11	Mazerolles	Latin maceriae, ruins with -ola	Little ruins (from the Roman period)
12	Medis	Latin meta, marker or hill	Boundary marker ?
13	Merignac	Latin name Matrinius with -acum
14	Meschers-sur-Gironde
15	Messac	Latin name Metius with -acum
16	Meursac	Latin name Mursius with -acum
17	Meux
18	Migre
19	Migron
20	Mirambeau	Old Provencale mirer + Old French bel, see well, a vantage point
21	Moeze	Gallo-Roman name *Mogetius with -acum	The peninsula marks the northern extremity of the marshes of Brouage.
22	Moings	On the river Moingt (modonio)
23	Mons	Latin mons, hill
24	Montendre	Mons Andronis, German name Andar	Gallo-Roman “castrum”
25	Montguyon	Montis Gwidonis, German name Wido
26	Montils
27	Montlieu-la-Garde
28	Montpellier-de-Medillan	Montis + pastell	Latin, hill + woad plant
29	Montroy
30	Moragne
31	Mornac-sur-Seudre	From morn (eminence) or from a corruption of "morne agne" (morte eau), mortlake.
32	Mortagne-sur-Gironde		Remains of a Gallo-Roman spa at Vieille-Mortagne
33	Mortiers
34	Mosnac
35	Mung
36	Muron		On the great marsh of Rochefort.