Le Busseau
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
Arrondissement | Niort | |
Canton | Autize-Égray | |
Community association | Val de Gâtine | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 35 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
height | 77–245 m | |
surface | 27.65 km 2 | |
Residents | 732 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 79240 | |
INSEE code | 79059 |
Le Busseau is a French municipality with 732 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality is located in the Arrondissement of Niort and in the canton of Autize-Égray (until 2015: canton of Coulonges-sur-l'Autize ).
location
Le Busseau is about 71 kilometers west of Poitiers and about 30 kilometers north-northwest of Niort . Le Busseau is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine in the north, Scillé in the east and northeast, La Chapelle-Thireuil in the east and southeast, Saint-Laurs in the south, Faymoreau in the southwest, Marillet and Saint-Hilaire-de- Voust in the west and La Chapelle-aux-Lys in the northwest.
The former route nationale 744 (today's D744) runs through the municipality .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 1,119 | 1,025 | 918 | 840 | 780 | 754 | 667 | 757 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |