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 | ||
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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.
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