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Fors 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 Aiffres, Granzay-Gript, Juscorps, and Marigny. The administrative entity is associated with the canton of Prahecq and the electoral district of the canton of Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan.
The commune has an area of 18.82 square kilometers and an elevation above sea level of 66 meters. Its population is recorded as 1,844, comprising 879 males and 916 females. The postal code for the area is 79230.
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Place details
- Locality
- Fors
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,406
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Deux-Sèvres
- Arrondissement
- Niort
- Canton
- Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
- Intercommunality
- CA Niortais
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Alain Canteau
- Area
- 18.82 km (7.27 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,780
- Density
- 94.6/km (245/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 79125 /79230
- Elevation
- 25–66 m (82–217 ft) , (avg. 55 m or 180 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Fors
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Niort
- Population
- 1780
- Area
- 18.82
- Elevation
- 46
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saint-Symphorien
- Official website
- www.fors79.fr
- Image
- GareForsPassageNiveau07062016 01.jpg
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- postal code
- 79230
- Commons category
- Fors (Deux-Sèvres)
- associated electoral district
- canton of Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
- male population
- 879
- female population
- 916
- different from
- Fors
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-49-32-65-20
- fax number
- +33-5-49-32-62-82
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Encyclopedic overview
Fors is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fors” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.