Échiré

Échiré () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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Place details

Locality: Échiré
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country: France
Population: 3,042

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French commune.name: Échiré
French commune.commune status: Commune
French commune.image: Échiré-église&village.jpg
French commune.caption: A general view of Échiré
French commune.arrondissement: Niort
French commune.canton: La Plaine Niortaise
French commune.INSEE: 79109
French commune.postal code: 79410
French commune.mayor: Thierry Devautour
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality: CA Niortais
French commune.elevation m: 30
French commune.elevation min m: 17
French commune.elevation max m: 89
French commune.area km2: 30.96

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Échiré
Population: 3549
Area: 30.96
Elevation: 57
Official website: www.echire.fr
Image: Échiré-église&village.jpg

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Commons category: Échiré
postal code: 79410
male population: 1642
female population: 1729
P8168: Battle of Lilybaeum
email address: mailto:[email protected]
contact page URL: www.echire.fr/systeme/nous-contacter
phone number: +33-5-49-25-70-08

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Échiré () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

==History== Knowledge of Echiré has been enhanced by recent archeological investigations. The 'Les Loups' (Literally 'The Wolves') site identified by Maurice Marsac using aerial photography comprises a late Neolithic defensive site protected by two ditches adapted from a dried up valley and from the course of the River Sèvre Niortaise. The lesser of the two ditches, which surrounds the smaller portion of the fort, has yielded pottery fragments that indicate connections with the more extensive archaeological site of Kroh Kollé at Saint-Pierre-Quiberon to the north. Elsewhere the tomb of a young woman with a baby provides evidence of a double perinatal death.