Niort is a railway station in Niort, France. Niort is linked to Paris and towns and cities in the region: [1]
| Preceding station | TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prin-Deyrançon towards La Rochelle | 14 | La Crèche towards Poitiers | ||
| Terminus | 17 | Fors towards Royan | ||
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
| Saint-Maixent towards Montparnasse | TGV | Surgères towards La Rochelle | ||
Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.
Deux-Sèvres 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.
Poitou-Charentes is a former administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It is part of the new region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It comprises four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. Historical provinces are Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge and Poitou.
Niort is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres.
The Marais Poitevin or Poitevin Marsh is a large area of marshland in western France. The name means "Poitou's Marsh" or the "Marsh of the Poitou region". It is a remnant of what was the former Gulf of Poitou. The western zone near the sea is called the "dry marsh". It is used for farming and livestock breeding. The eastern zone, called the "wet marsh", is a maze of islets crisscrossed by picturesque canals, primarily now a tourist destination for boating. It is nicknamed The Green Venice.
Saint-Maixent-l'École is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.
The arrondissement of Niort is an arrondissement of France in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 121 communes. Its population is 199,177 (2016), and its area is 2,445.1 km2 (944.1 sq mi).
TER Poitou-Charentes was the regional rail network serving the Poitou-Charentes région in France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
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The Canal de Marans à la Rochelle, also called Canal de Marans, Canal de Rompsay or Canal de La Rochelle depending on the location, is a French canal in the Charente-Maritime department connecting the city of La Rochelle with the town of Marans. It also connects the river of the Sèvre Niortaise to the harbour at La Rochelle. The canal goes through the communes of Dompierre-sur-Mer, Andilly and Sainte-Soulle. It is 24.5 km long, with 4 locks, and has a total denivellation of 1.7 m. It has a width of 5.2 m.
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Gare de Saintes is a railway station serving the town Saintes, Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France.
European route E 601 is a European B class road in France, connecting the cities Niort and La Rochelle.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014 through the merger of three regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. It covers 84,036 km2 (32,446 sq mi) – or 1⁄8 of the country – and has 5,956,978 inhabitants. The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015.
Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Niort. It is located in the Deux-Sèvres department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, western France. It was created in January 2014 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération de Niort with the former communauté de communes Plaine de Courances and the commune Germond-Rouvre. Its seat is in Niort. Its area is 815.4 km2. Its population was 120,733 in 2017, of which 58,707 in Niort proper.
Coordinates: 46°19′10″N0°27′17″W / 46.31944°N 0.45472°W
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