Two-Sevres

The Two-Sevres ( 79 ) (in Poitevin-saintongeais Deùs Sevres ) are a department French, which owes its name with the Nantes Sèvre, the tributary large last of the the Loire, and with the Niort Sèvre, coastal Fleuve which is thrown in the Atlantique with the Anse of the Pivot.

History

The department was created with the French revolution, the March 4th 1790 pursuant to the law of the December 22nd 1789, starting from part of the province of the Poitou, of some communes of the Angoumois (Pioussay, Hanc and Bouin, resulting from the marquisat of Ruffec), of some communes of the Anjou: Face-Loretz (dependant on the seneschalsy of Saumur), Loublande, Saint-Maurice-the-Fougereuse and Saint-Pierre-of-Échaubrognes the (old parishes of the Mauges angevines) and of communes of the steps of Anjou: Saint-Pierre-with-Field, Cersay and Face-Saint-Paul.

Under the old mode, some parishes concerned at the same time the steps of Anjou and the Poitou: Nickle silver-the Church, Bagneux, Brion-près-Thouet, Genneton, Louzy, Massed, Saint-Leger-with-Montbrun, Saint-Martin-with-Mâcon, Saint-Martin-with-Sanzay, Saint-Cyr-the-Moor, Tourtenay.

In 1973, the inhabitants of the Puy-Saint-Bonnet decide to leave Two-Sevres and to join the Département of Maine-et-Loire in order to associate their commune with the urban community of Cholet.

Geography

The department of Two-Sevres belongs to the Région Poitou-Charentes. It is bordering on the departments of the Vienna, of the Charente, the Charente-Maritime, the the Vendée and Maine-et-Loire.

Districts of Two-Sevres
Cantons of Two-Sevres
Intercommunalités of Two-Sevres
Common of Two-Sevres
Old communes of Two-Sevres

Climate

Economy

Demography

The inhabitants of Two-Sevres are the Deux-Sévriens .

Culture

Tourism

Composition

The department of Two-Sevres east made up of several trade unions of Country of which:

the Country Thouarsais which includes/understands three communities of communes:

the the Community of communes of Thouarsais

the the Community of communes of Argentonnais

the the Community of communes of Saint-Varentais

Country of the Bressuirais Scrap-metal which includes/understands two communities of communes:

the Community of common Delta Separates Money

the community of common Heart of the Scrap-metal

Policy

See also: Political of Two-Sevres, List of the deputies of Two-Sevres, List of the senators of Two-Sevres, List of the general advisers of Two-Sevres

Two-Sevres were traditionally marked by a political cleavage between North and the South. While North, area of the woodlands of great landowners Catholic S, is historically rather anchored to right, the South, which knows an important Protestant presence and a strong establishment of the co-operative movement (in particular via mutual , to see Niort), left vote traditionally with (Miss was thus the stronghold of the candidate of the Socialist party, Ségolène Royal, with the presidential elections of 2007).

Administration

See also: Administration of Two-Sevres, List of the prefects of Two-Sevres

Others

The most important cities of the department: Niort, Parthenay, Bressuire and Thouars.

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