Saint-Maixent-l'École
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Niort | |
| Canton | Saint-Maixent-l'École (main town) | |
| Community association | Haut Val de Sèvre | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 52-115 m | |
| surface | 5.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,982 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,338 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 79400 | |
| INSEE code | 79270 | |
| Website | www.saint-maixent-lecole.fr | |
 Saint-Maixent-l'École, town hall |
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Saint-Maixent-l'Ecole is a French municipality with 6982 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Niort and is the capital of the canton of Saint-Maixent-l'École .
history
Saint-Maixent was founded by the monk Agapit around 459 and was initially called Saint Saturnin. In 480 the monk adjutor settled as a disciple of Agapit. Adjutor later took the name Maixent and gave the city its name.
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 7,609 | 7,706 | 7,973 | 7,515 | 6,893 | 6,602 | 7,490 |
Attractions
- Medieval buildings
- Saint-Maixent has been the seat of the École nationale des sous-officiers d'active (hence the name extension) since 1963 , where all non-commissioned officers of the French ground forces are trained.
- The abbey church, built in 940, houses the relic of Saints Maixent and Leodegar of Autun ; it was destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt in the 11th and 13th centuries in Romanesque style ; Destroyed again by Calvinists in 1668 , it was rebuilt on the Romanesque foundations in the Gothic style .
Town twinning
Personalities
- Leodegar of Autun ( Saint-Léger , 616–679), saint
- François Villon (1431 – after 1463), poet of the French late Middle Ages, died here in 1489
- Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau (1764–1827), French revolutionary
- Pierre-Philippe Denfert-Rochereau (1823–1878), defender of Belfort during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, was born here.
- Jacques Fouchier (1913–1994), politician
- Régis Loisel (* 1951), French comic artist, was born here.
- Ségolène Royal (* 1953), presidential candidate of the Socialist Party , member of the city since 1988
Web links
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