Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon

	Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It is the birthplace of explorer René Caillié. Population See also Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department The following is a list of the 252 communes of the Deux-Sèvres department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Deux-Sèvres Aunis {{DeuxSèvres-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	René Caillié Auguste René Caillié (; 19 November 1799 – 17 May 1838) was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Alexander Gordon Laing, Major Gordon Laing, who was murdered in September 1826 on leaving the city. Caillié was therefore the first to return alive. Caillié was born in western France in a village near the port of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort. His parents were poor and died while he was still young. At the age of 16 he left home and signed up as a member of the crew on a French naval vessel sailing to Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saint-Louis on the coast of modern Senegal in western Africa. He stayed there for several months and then crossed the Atlantic to Guadeloupe on a merchantman. He made a second visit to West Africa two years later when he accompanied a British expedition across the Ferlo Desert to Bakel, Senegal, Bakel on the Senegal River. Caillié returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Communauté D'agglomération Du Niortais 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.CA du Niortais (N° SIREN : 200041317) BANATIC, accessed 29 October 2024. Its area is 815.4 km². Its population was 120,733 in 2017, of which 58,707 in Niort proper. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Communes Of The Deux-Sèvres Department The following is a list of the 252 communes of the Deux-Sèvres department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Périmètre des groupements en 2025 BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. * Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais * Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais is the '' communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Communes Of France A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Germany; ' in Italy; ' in Spain; or civil parishes in the United Kingdom. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlet (place), hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the Municipal arrondissem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres (, 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.Populations légales 2019: 79 Deux-Sèvres INSEE In history and literature ''Deux-Sèvres'' was one of the 83 original ''départements'' created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. The land had been part of the ancient province of Poitou. Departmental borders were changed in 1973 when the inhabitants of the little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Departments Of France In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Communes Of Deux-Sèvres A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township Communes of Algeria Communes of Angola Communes of Belgium Communes of Benin Communes of Burundi Communes of Chile Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Communes of France Communes of Italy, called ''comune'' Communes of Luxembourg Communes of Moldova, called ''comună'' Communes of Niger Communes of Romania, called ''comună'' Communes of Switzerland Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam) * Commune (Vietnam) * Commune-level town (Vietnam) People's commune, highest of three administrative levels in rural China, 1958 to 1983 Government and military/defense * Agricultural commune, intentional community based on agricultural labor * Commune (rebellion), a synonym for uprising or rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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