names_charente

1	Reaux
2	Retaud
3	Rioux
4	Rivedoux-plage
5	Rochefort		Military port
6	Rochelle	Latin, Rupella	The medieval name and the town seems not to be older than the 9th century although there is evidence for a fishing village and a small defensive work.
7	Romazieres	Rubrae maceriae, from ruber, Latin 'red' + macer, defensive wall.	A Gallo-Roman or medieval village with a red clay brick fortification.
8	Romegoux
9	Ronde
10	Rouffiac
11	Rouffignac
12	Royan	Rugianum (middle ages)	Destroyed by the Visigoths and the Norsemen.