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Deux-Sèvres
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| Coat of arms of the Deux-Sèvres department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 79 |
| Region: | Poitou-Charentes |
| Prefecture: | Niort |
| Subprefectures: | Bressuire Parthenay |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 33 |
| Communes: | 307 |
| President of the General Council: | Jean-Marie Morisset UMP |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 64th |
| -1999 | 344,392 |
| Population density: | 57/km² |
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| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Deux-Sèvres is a French department.
("Deux-Sèvres" is also a name occasionally used for Saint-Porchaire ware, a type of faience.)
Name
Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department.
History
Deux-Sèvres was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.
See also
- Cantons of the Deux-Sèvres department
- Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department
- Arrondissements of the Deux-Sèvres department
External links
- (French) Prefectures website
- (French) General council website
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