Thénezay
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Parthenay | |
| Canton | La Gâtine | |
| Community association | Parthenay-Gâtine | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 43 ′ N , 0 ° 2 ′ W | |
| height | 107-175 m | |
| surface | 48.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,403 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 29 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 79390 | |
| INSEE code | 79326 | |
| Website | http://www.thenezay.fr/ | |
Thénezay is a French commune with 1,403 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Parthenay and the canton La Gâtine (until 2015: canton Thénezay ).
location
Thénezay is about 32 kilometers northwest of Poitiers and about 18 kilometers northeast of Parthenay . Thénezay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Assais-les-Jumeaux in the north, Craon and Doux in the north-east, Cherves in the east and south-east, La Ferrière-en-Parthenay in the south and south-west, Oroux in the west and south-west, Aubigny in the west and Pressigny in the north-west .
The former route nationale 738 (today's D738) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,745 | 1,673 | 1,595 | 1,607 | 1,514 | 1,424 | 1,454 | 1,411 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the German community of St. Johann in Baden-Württemberg since 1999.
