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Poitiers
Poitiers is a university city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune, the capital of the Vienne department, part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, and the historical center of Poitou Province. In 2022, the commune of Poitiers had a population of 89,427. Also in 2022, its conurbation had 133,833 inhabitants and its functional area 281,452 inhabitants. It is a city of art and history, still known popularly as the "Ville aux cent clochers" ("City of a hundred bell towers").
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Vendée
Vendée () is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2023, it had a population of 713,609. Its prefecture is La Roche-sur-Yon.
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Niort
Niort (; Poitevin: Niàu; ; ) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres.
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La Roche-sur-Yon
commune in Vendée, France
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Châtellerault
Châtellerault (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Châteulrô/Chateleràud; ) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France. It is located in the northeast of the former province Poitou, and the residents are called Châtelleraudais.
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Bressuire
Bressuire (; ; 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.
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Parthenay
thumb|right|The Saint-Paul district and the River Thouet from the battlements of the citadel thumb|right|The Saint-Jacques Gate and Bridge, by which mediaeval pilgrims would have entered the town from the north thumb|right|The Rue de la Vau Saint-Jaques from the upper chamber of the Saint-Jacques Gate, with the town centre on the skyline ahead, and the east side of the citadel to the right thumb|right|The Rue de la Vau Saint-Jaques from street level thumb|right|The western town walls thumb|right|Inside the citadel during FLIP 2010; from left to right the Mairie, the ''Porte de l'Horloge, the l
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Montmorillon
Montmorillon () is a commune in central-western France, in the Vienne department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Its inhabitants are called Montmorillonnaises and Montmorillonnais.
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Fontenay-le-Comte
Fontenay-le-Comte (; Poitevin: Funtenaes or Fintenè) is a commune and subprefecture in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region of Western France. In 2022, it had a population of 13,806, while its functional area had a population of 41,956.
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Challans
Challans () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Challans station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.
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Thouars
Thouars () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Mauzé-Thouarsais, Missé and Sainte-Radegonde were merged into Thouars.
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Rochechouart
Rochechouart (, ; , earlier ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France. It is a subprefecture of the department.
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Poitou
Poitou ( , , ; ; Poitevin: Poetou) was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
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Les Herbiers
French commune in Vendée, Pays de la Loire
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Saint-Maixent-l'École
'''Saint-Maixent-l'École''' () is a commune in the department of Deux-Sèvres, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), western France.
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Lusignan
commune in Vienne, France
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Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The commune was formed by the merger of the former communes of Talmont and Saint-Hilaire-de-Talmont in 1974.
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Champagne-Mouton
Champagne-Mouton () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
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Mauléon
French commune in Deux-Sèvres, New Aquitaine
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Civray
commune in Vienne, France
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Les Sables-d'Olonne
commune in Vendée, France
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L'Isle-Jourdain
commune in Vienne, France
Île d'Yeu
island off the coast of the Vendée in western France
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Isle of Noirmoutier
thumb|250px|right|The Passage du Gois leading to the island of Noirmoutier. Noirmoutier (also French: Île de Noirmoutier, ; , ) is a tidal island off the Atlantic coast of France in the Vendée department (85).
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Melle
commune in France