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Code: 79
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Traditional provinces: Poitou,
Angoumois,
Saintonge
Bordering departments: Charente,
Charente-Maritime,
Maine-et-Loire,
Vendée,
Vienne
Area: 5,999 km2
Population (1995): 346,800 inhabitants
Préfecture: Niort
Sous-préfectures:
Bressuire, Parthenay
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 33 cantons, 303 communes.
The department is named after the two (Deux) rivers Sèvre Nantaise (126 km), tributary of Loire and Sèvre Niortaise (150 km), tributary of Atlantic Ocean.