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Échiré
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Échiré is a commune in France, situated within the Deux-Sèvres department and the arrondissement of Niort. It lies in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and shares borders with Germond-Rouvre, Cherveux, Niort, and Saint-Gelais. The administrative area covers 30.96 square kilometers and has an elevation of 89 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 79410.
The population of Échiré is recorded as 3,549, comprising 1,642 males and 1,729 females. Another source lists the population as 3,042. The commune is associated with the canton of la Plaine niortaise and is located in the canton of Niort-Nord. The official website for the commune is www.echire.fr.
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Place details
- Locality
- Échiré
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,042
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Key facts
- 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
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Échiré
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of Niort-Nord
- Population
- 3549
- Area
- 30.96
- Elevation
- 57
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Sciecq
- Official website
- www.echire.fr
- Image
- Échiré-église&village.jpg
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- Commons category
- Échiré
- postal code
- 79410
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Plaine niortaise
- 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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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Economy
- Main sights
- See also
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Échiré” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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