Deux-Sèvres
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This article is about the French départment. For type of faience, see Saint-Porchaire ware.
Deux-Sèvres (French pronunciation: [dø sɛvʁ] ⓘ, Poitevin-Saintongese: Deùs Saevres) is a French department. Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.[3]
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Deux-Sèvres | |
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Coordinates: 46°30′N 00°20′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Prefecture | Niort |
Subprefectures | Bressuire Parthenay |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Coralie Denoues[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 5,999 km2 (2,316 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 374,587 |
• Rank | 63rd |
• Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 79 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 17 |
Communes | 256 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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