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Niort

Niort is a commune of western France, préfecture (capital) of the Deux-Sèvres département.

The Latin name of the city was Novio Rito. Niort is maybe best known as the centre of angelica cultivation in France.

Niort was the birthplace of:

  • Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719), second wife of Louis XIV
  • Louis-Marcelin, marquis de Fontanes (1757-1821), poet and politician
  • Henri-Georges Clouzot (1904-1977), film director

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