Beauvoir-sur-Niort
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Niort | |
| Canton | Mignon-et-Boutonne | |
| Community association | Niortais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 11 ′ N , 0 ° 28 ′ W | |
| height | 36-90 m | |
| surface | 23.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,752 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 75 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 79360 | |
| INSEE code | 79031 | |
| Website | http://www.beauvoir-sur-niort.fr/ | |
 Station building |
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Beauvoir-sur-Niort is a French commune with 1,752 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Niort and the Canton of Mignon-et-Boutonne (until 2015: Canton of Beauvoir-sur-Niort ).
geography
Beauvoir-sur-Niort is about 15 kilometers south of Niort . Beauvoir-sur-Niort is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Granzay-Gript in the north and northwest, Marigny in the east and northeast, Villiers-en-Bois in the southeast, Plaine-d'Argenson in the south and La Foye-Monjault in the west.
history
The formerly independent municipalities Le Cormenier and Le Revêtizon were merged with Beauvoir-sur-Niort in 1973.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | - | - | 1,046 | 1,162 | 1,242 | 1,329 | 1,603 | 1,766 |
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Transport and infrastructure
The A10 autoroute runs through the municipality .
TER regional train connections in the direction of Niort and Royan exist from the station in the southeast of the municipality .
Attractions
- Church of Le Cormenier, monument historique since 1909
- Rimbault mill, restored in 1973 and 1989
