Secondigny
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Commune of Secondigny |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Parthenay |
| Canton | Secondigny |
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| Land area¹ | 37 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1774 |
| - Density | 48/km² (1999) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Secondigny is a village and commune in the Poitou-Charentes région of France. It is situated some 14km west of the town of Parthenay and 35km north of Niort.
Secondigny is within the département of Deux-Sèvres and the arrondissement of Parthenay. It is the chef-lieu of the canton of Secondigny.[1]
Secondigny is the source of the Thouet, a river that flows east and then north before joining the Loire near Saumur. Just to the west of Secondigny is the source of the Sèvre Nantaise, which flows west and north to join the Loire in Nantes.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Code Officiel Géographique. Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- ^ Carte de Promenade - 33 - Cholet Niort. Institut Geographique National.
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