Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres | |
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The town hall of Thouars | |
Location of Deux-Sèvres in France | |
| Coordinates: 46°30′N 00°20′E / 46.500°N 0.333°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Prefecture | Niort |
| Subprefectures | Bressuire Parthenay |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Coralie Denoues |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,999 km2 (2,316 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 375,415 |
| • Rank | 63rd |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 79 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 256 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Deux-Sèvres (French pronunciation: [dø sɛvʁ] ⓘ, Poitevin-Saintongese: Deùs Saevres) is a French department. Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.