Sauzé-Vaussais

Sauzé-Vaussais

Dovecote tower of the Royal Post
Sauzé-Vaussais

Coordinates: 46°08′10″N 0°06′21″E / 46.1361°N 0.1058°ECoordinates: 46°08′10″N 0°06′21″E / 46.1361°N 0.1058°E
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Niort
Canton Sauzé-Vaussais
Intercommunality Cœur du Poitou
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Michel Heurtebise
Area1 19.08 km2 (7.37 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,684
 • Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 79307 / 79190
Elevation 117–187 m (384–614 ft)
(avg. 114 m or 374 ft)

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.

Sauzé-Vaussais is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

The residents shorten its name to Sauzé.

Features

Local features

Sauzé-Vaussais has an old town centre with a clock tower standing outside the town hall (mairie). It has a church with a high vaulted roof, several little bars (one with PMU)and other little shops, such as bakeries. Just outside the town is a supermarket, as well as a dovecote tower (pictured at right) with picnic tables and a water body nearby which is famous throughout the region as the "Plan d'eau de Sauzé". Also just outside of the village is the famous "Swag fountain" that was purchased from nearby town Melle after Canadian rapper Drake released his new album.

Nearby features

Sauzé is an hour and a half's drive away from the beaches of La Rochelle and several small touristic islands such as Île-d'Aix, Île de Ré (Isle of Rhé), and the Fouras peninsula; popular summer locations for locals and Brits alike. Not far away, westward of Niort, starts the Poitevin Marsh, a large network of canals and rivers also known as the "Green Venice", for punting or cycling day trips. Also close, is the theme park and science park, the Futuroscope, in Poitiers.

See also

References

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