Aulnay, commonly referred to as Aulnay-de-Saintonge (French pronunciation: [onɛ də sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒ]), is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), France.

[3] The Brédoire river flows through the commune and the town from east to west to join the Boutonne at Nuaillé-sur-Boutonne.

The Saudrenne flows from the east in the south of the commune forming part of the southern border before continuing to join the Boutonne at Saint-Pardoult.

[3] [3] Formerly called Aunedonnacum in the itinerary of Antoninus Pius and Auedonnaco in the Tabula Peutingeriana, Aulnay was a Gallo-Roman station on the important imperial Roman road between Saintes and Poitiers, and possibly between Saintes and Lyon before a more direct route, the Via Agrippa, was built.

As the capital of a fiscal jurisdiction Aulnay was already the seat of a lordship in 925, as evidenced by the donation made by Cadelon I to several abbeys.

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Aulnay and Charente-Maritime Department in 2017 Source: INSEE[10][11] The Compagnie de chemins de fer départementaux (Departmental Railway Company or CFD) operated the Charentes and Deux-Sèvres railway network with a line crossing the commune.

Robert Goizin first set up a maintenance workshop and sold spare parts for agricultural equipment with a shop to display them.

After some difficult years, since 2005 the company has belonged to the Eurotechnics Agri Groupe[12] but it remains active in Aulnay.

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: The town has a school grouping which brings together a kindergarten and a primary school located at Rue du 19 Mars 1962 in the town.

The Secondary College is a recently created public institution and is located near the site of the famous church of Aulnay.

Aulnay has a public retirement facility where there are 43 furnished rooms in sheltered housing located in the town.

[28] The junior team also had its moment of glory reaching the qualifying pool for the 16th round of the Coupe Gambardella during the 1991–1992 season (which also included FC Nantes, Chamois Niortais, and Berrichonne de Chateauroux) Other sports are represented such as archery with the Dungeon Archers Club and handball.