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| Deux-Sèvres department | |
| Capital | Niort |
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| Residents | 374.799 (2018) |
| surface | 5,999 km² |
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Deux-Sèvres is a department in the French region New Aquitaine and has the serial number 79. The département borders on the département in the north Maine-et-Loire, to the east to the département Vienne, in the south to the départements Charente and Charente-Maritime and to the west to the department Vendée.
Topographic map of the department
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Regions
The department is divided into the following three arrondissements:
- Arrondissement of Bressuire
- Arrondissement of Niort
- Parthenay arrondissement
places
Niort
- Niort is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department. There is, among other things, a unique Romanesque twin donjon (fortified towers connected by an intermediate building), an unusual Renaissance town hall and an interesting market hall.
- Bressuire
- Coulon - Starting point for boat tours in Venise verte
- Parthenay
Other goals
In the Marais Poitevin
- Marais Poitevin, especially the Venise verte ("Green Venice") called humid part with numerous canals that is somewhat reminiscent of the Spreewald and is ideal for boat tours (especially canoeing).
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getting there
By plane
The nearest airport is in La Rochelle.
By train
Niort has a TGV stop that is served seven times a day from Paris in 2½ hours.
