Vouillé, Deux-Sèvres
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| Vouillé | |
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  Vouillé | |
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Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Vouillé | |
| Coordinates: 46°19′02″N 0°21′39″W / 46.3172°N 0.3608°WCoordinates: 46°19′02″N 0°21′39″W / 46.3172°N 0.3608°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Niort |
| Canton | Prahecq |
| Intercommunality | Niort |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Stéphane Pierron |
| Area | |
| • Land1 | 22.30 km2 (8.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Population2 | 3,071 |
| • Population2 Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 79355 / 79230 |
| Elevation |
39–93 m (128–305 ft) (avg. 69 m or 226 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Vouillé is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It sits about ten kilometers from Niort on the banks of the Lambon, where that small river empties into the Sèvre Niortaise.
It is traditionally identified as the Campus Vogladensis, site of the Battle of Vouillé (507), in which Clovis definitively vanquished the Visigoths.
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