Le Breuil-sous-Argenton () is a village and former

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in the

Deux-Sèvres 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. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.

department in western

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. It is located northeast of

Bressuire Bressuire (; la, Berceorium; Poitevin: ''Beurseure'') is a commune in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The town is situated on an eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton. Notable buildin ...

. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune

Argentonnay Argentonnay () is a small town and commune in the Deux-Sèvres department of western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Argenton-les-Vallées, Le Breuil-sous-Argenton, La Chapelle-G ...

, and became a delegated commune of Argentonnay. It is situated in the northeastern part of the commune.

Geography

The delegated commune of Le Breuil-sous-Argenton has an area of 19.6 km² and 478 inhabitants in 2019. It is located by road southeast of Nantes, northeast of

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the ...

and northeast of

. The commune bordered the communes of Saint-Aubin-du-Plain, Coulonges-Thouarsais and

Genneton Genneton () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Geography The commune is traversed by the river Layon. See also *Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department The following is a list of th ...

. It has an average elevation of 118 metres, and the main river is the Argenton.

Landmarks

The principal church in the village is the Église Notre-Dame. The late Gothic-style , to the north of the village, dates to the 15th century and was listed as a Historical Monument in 1898. In the 18th century it was damaged following a fire during the French Revolution. Meaning "white thorn", its four towers remain mostly intact and it has a partially filled moat. In 2018, a crowdfunding project organized by startup Dartagnans.fr was started with the objective of restoring the medieval chateau to its former splendour and installing stables, wood and stone workshops, a blacksmith's forge, and a medieval tavern and hostel.

Notable people

* Henri-Victor Miault (1881-1932), sculptor, decorator and carver