Taizé-Maulais

Taizé-Maulais
local community	Plaine-et-Vallées
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Bressuire
Coordinates	46 ° 56 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ W Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ W
Post Code	79100
Former INSEE code	79321
Incorporation	1st January 2019
status	Commune déléguée
	; Village view

Taizé Maulais is a commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Plaine-et-Vallées with 760 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the department of Deux-Sevres .

geography

The Thouaret at Maulais

The rural Commune déléguée is located in the north of the Deux-Sèvres department at the confluence of the Thouet and the Thouaret , on the D37 department road about 10 km south-east of Thouars .

The area of the Commune déléguée includes the districts of Auboué , Ligaine , Maranzais , Maulais and Taizé , where Maulais was previously independent and was incorporated on January 1, 1973.

The place is known nationwide thanks to its sugar melon cultures . In addition, the municipality vinifies wines that may be marketed under the Vins du Thouarsais VDQS designation of origin .

history

With nine dolmens and a tumulus , Taizé is the most important megalithic site in the Deux-Sèvres department ( necropolis of Monpalais ). In the municipality, at the place with the field name Fief de Boué , building ruins from Gallo-Roman times were uncovered. The place with the field name La butte de Montcoué was the scene of a battle between the counties of Anjou and Poitou in 1033 .

On January 1, 2019, the Taizé-Maulais community merged with Oiron , Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes and Brie to form the Commune nouvelle Plaine-et-Vallées. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Taizé-Maulais belonged to the canton of Le Val de Thouet and the arrondissement of Bressuire .

Population development

The originally independent municipality of Maulais was incorporated into Taizé on January 1, 1973.

Maulais
year	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968
Residents	273	232	245	266	217

Taizé
year	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968
Residents	586	590	589	547	505

After the municipalities merged
year	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009
Residents	597	596	689	725	768

Attractions

One of the dolmens has been a listed building since 1991. It is called Dolmen E 134 and is located on the D37 department road on the property with the field name La Pierre levée .