Deux-Sèvres department

Deux-Sèvres
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
prefecture	Niort
Sub-prefecture (s)	Bressuire Parthenay
Residents	374,351 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	62 inhabitants per km²
surface	5,998.99 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	8th
Cantons	17th
Communities	256
President of the Department Council	Gilbert Favreau
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-79
Location of the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Deux-Sevres [ døsɛːvʀ ] is the French department with the atomic number 79. It is in the west of the country in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine and after the two rivers Sèvre Niortaise and Sèvre Nantaise named.

geography

The Deux-Sèvres department borders on the Maine-et-Loire department in the north, the Vienne department in the east, the Charente and Charente-Maritime departments in the south and the Vendée department in the west .

The most important rivers in the northern part of the department are the Sèvre Nantaise and the Thouet , both left tributaries of the Loire , which leave the department in a north-westerly and north-easterly direction. The Sèvre Niortaise drains the southern part of the department towards the west.

history

For the history see: Tumulus C von Péré .

It was formed on March 4, 1790 from part of the Poitou Province . From 1960 to 2015 it belonged to the Poitou-Charentes region , which in 2016 became part of the Nouvelle Aquitaine region.

coat of arms

Description: Five (2; 1; 2) bricked golden tin towers in red with golden arches, which are separated by two white wavy beams .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Deux-Sèvres department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Niort	58,707	Niort
Bressuire	19,519	Bressuire
Thouars	13,990	Bressuire
Parthenay	10,267	Parthenay
Mauléon	8,519	Bressuire
Chauray	7.006	Niort
Saint-Maixent-l'École	6,982	Niort
Melle	6.213	Niort
La crèche	5,635	Niort
Nueil-les-Aubiers	5,541	Bressuire

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Deux-Sèvres department

The Deux-Sèvres department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 17 cantons and 256 communes :

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Bressuire	5	47	109,349	1,731.39	63	791
Niort	10	141	199,082	2,791.24	71	792
Parthenay	4th	68	65,920	1,476.36	45	793
Deux-Sèvres department	17th	256	374.351	5,998.99	62	79

See also:

• List of communes in the Deux-Sèvres department
• List of cantons in the Deux-Sèvres department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Deux-Sèvres department

Web links

Commons : Département Deux-Sèvres  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Deux-Sèvres (French)
• Prefecture of the Deux-Sèvres department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ deux-sevres.com ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 4, 2015. 

Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  W