Tillou
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| local community | Chef Boutonne | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Niort | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 9 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 79110 | |
| Former INSEE code | 79330 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.tillou.fr/ | |
Tillou is a commune Déléguée in the French commune of Chef-Boutonne with 336 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ).
On January 1st, 2019, the municipality of Tillou merged with Chef-Boutonne , Crézières and La Bataille to form the Commune nouvelle Chef-Boutonne. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Tillou belonged to the Arrondissement Niort and is part of the canton Melle (until 2015 Chef-Boutonne ).
geography
Tillou is about 45 kilometers southeast of Niort . The municipality of Tillou was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Génard in the north, Sompt in the east and northeast, Gournay-Loizé in the east and southeast, Chef-Boutonne in the south and southeast, Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues in the south, Luché- sur-Brioux in the southwest, Lusseray in the west and Paizay-le-Tort in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 476 | 428 | 320 | 325 | 304 | 294 | 299 | 318 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Sulpice church
Personalities
- Marguerite Gurgand (1916–1981), writer
