The ancient Egyptians used turquoise in jewelry. Turquoise is greenish-blue or pale sky blue. The name means Turkish stone as it came to Europe by way of Turkey. Turquoise was mined more than 6,000 years ago in Sinai.
Coulonges is situated in the Charente (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 21 km from Angouleme, the department capital. (General information: Coulonges is 377 km from Paris).
Below you will find the localization of Bourgogne on the map of France, and the satellite map of Bourgogne. Inhabitants of Bourgogne were 1 610 067 in the 1999 census and 1 628 837 in the 2006 census. Area of region of Bourgogne is 31 581,96 km Â². Population density of Bourgogne is 51,57 inhabitants per kmÂ².