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Chizé () is a commune in the
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 ...
department in the
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in western
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. In January 1973 it absorbed the former commune Availles-sur-Chizé,.Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)
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'' n° 0009, 11 January 1973, p. 502.


Geography

The commune is traversed by the river
Boutonne The Boutonne () is a long river in the Deux-Sèvres and Charente-Maritime departments in western France. Its source is in the village of Chef-Boutonne (). It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Charente into which it flows n ...
.


See also

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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 {{DeuxSèvres-geo-stub