Deux-Sèvres

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Deux-Sèvres
Coat of Arms of Deux-Sèvres
The Deux-Sèvres coat of arms
Location
Location of Deux-Sèvres in France
Administration
Département number: 79
Région: Poitou-Charentes
Préfecture: Niort
Sub-Préfectures: Bressuire
Parthenay
Arrondissements: 3
Cantons: 33
Communes: 307
Conseiller Général: Jean-Marie Morisset
UMP
Statistics
Population Ranked 64th
 -1999 344,392
Population density: 57/km²
Land area¹: 5999 km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².
France

Deux-Sèvres is a French département.

("Deux-Sèvres" is also a name occasionally used for Saint-Porchaire ware, a type of faience.)

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Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the département.

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