Angoumois (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡumwa]), historically the County of Angoulême, was a county and province of France, originally inferior to the parent duchy of Aquitaine, similar to the Périgord to its east but lower and generally less forested, equally with occasional vineyards throughout.

It almost corresponds to the Charente Department which also takes in the east of the coastal comté de Saintonge.

[1] This area was a county and province of France, originally inferior to the parent duchy of Aquitaine, similar to the Périgord to its east.

Today it is noted for sunflowers and Cognac, the archetypal brandy, one of its small towns being at its origin, as much as its historic mainstay crops of corn and wheat.

In the High Middle Ages, an enlarged Aquitaine pledged loyalty to the Angevin kings of England.