Vouillé (Deux-Sèvres)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Niort | |
| Canton | La Plaine Niortaise | |
| Community association | Niortais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 19 ′ N , 0 ° 22 ′ W | |
| height | 39-93 m | |
| surface | 22.3 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,292 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 148 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 79230 | |
| INSEE code | 79355 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-vouille.fr/ | |
 Notre-Dame church |
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Vouillé is a French municipality with 3292 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Niort and the canton of La Plaine Niortaise and is a member of the Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais . The inhabitants are called Vouilletais .
geography
Vouillé is located in the metropolitan area east of Niort on the Lambon River . Vouillé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chauray in the north and northwest, La Crèche in the northeast, Fressines in the east, Mougon-Thorigné in the southeast, Prahecq in the south, Aiffres in the southwest and Niort in the west.
The A10 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
Vouillé is probably identical to the Gallo-Roman campus Vogladiensis . In 507 there (or near Voulon ) the battle of Vouillé , in which the Franks under the Merovingian Clovis I defeated the Visigoths under Alaric II .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,236 | 1,285 | 1,610 | 2.130 | 2,431 | 2,660 | 2,933 | 3,260 |
Attractions
- La Barre Castle, today's town hall
- Church of Notre-Dame
Personalities
- Kazimir Hnatov (1929-2010), football player
