Deux-Sèvres

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Deux-Sèvres
Coat of arms of the Deux-Sèvres department
Location
Administration
Department number:	79
Region:	Poitou-Charentes
Prefecture:	Niort
Subprefectures:	Bressuire Parthenay
Arrondissements:	3
Cantons:	33
Communes:	305
President of the General Council:	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.

Deux-Sèvres is a French department.

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

Contents 1 Name 2 History 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Name

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

[edit] History

Deux-Sèvres was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.

[edit] See also

• Cantons of the Deux-Sèvres department
• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department
• Arrondissements of the Deux-Sèvres department

[edit] External links

• (French) Prefectures website
• (French) General council website

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