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François
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OverviewAI-generated
François is a commune in France, located within the canton of Saint-Maixent-l'École-1 and the arrondissement of Niort in Deux-Sèvres. It shares borders with La Crèche, Chauray, Cherveux, and Saint-Gelais. The area covers 9.39 square kilometers at an elevation of 81 meters above sea level. Its coordinates are approximately 46.383 degrees north latitude and 0.340 degrees west longitude.
The population is 999, comprising 482 males and 472 females. François has the postal code 79260 and is associated with the canton of Saint-Maixent-l'École for electoral purposes. It is distinct from Le François. The commune’s official name is François.
Le Breuil is a residential way within François, Niort, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. GeoNames lists Le Breuil as a place in France with a population of 0. François is referenced by 254 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Place details
- Locality
- François
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Deux-Sèvres
- Arrondissement
- Niort
- Canton
- Saint-Maixent-l'École
- Intercommunality
- Haut Val de Sèvre
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Joël Cosset
- Area
- 9.39 km (3.63 sq mi)
- Density
- 106/km (276/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 79128 /79260
- Elevation
- 34–81 m (112–266 ft) , (avg. 36 m or 118 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- François
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Niort
- Population
- 999
- Area
- 9.39
- Elevation
- 55
- Shares border with
- Saint-Gelais
- Official website
- www.mairie-francois.fr
- Image
- François-pigeonnier-01.jpg
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- Commons category
- François (Deux-Sèvres)
- postal code
- 79260
- different from
- Le François
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Maixent-l'École
- male population
- 482
- female population
- 472
- P8168
- Ceaușescu
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-49-08-05-17
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via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
There is a general store, a post office and a small museum, accessed by concrete pathways and boardwalks.
There is no road to the village, which can only be accessed by boat and helicopter, and snowmobile in the winter.
Get in
Access to Francois is only by passenger ferry. If the winds are strong, you may end up staying in Francois a day or two longer than you planned. When the ferry is cancelled by weather or malfunction, a helicopter connects Francois to Burgeo. It also may be possible to solicit a ride from a local fisherman headed that way.
Get around
There are no car roads in Francois, only narrow paved walkways which are also used by 4-wheelers.
See
Visits to the local museum can be arranged on request.
Do
The tallest mountain in the community is the 600-ft Friar, and there are several walking trails in the area.
There is a nice, fairly short hike up to a look out point just above the town, a good portion of which is boardwalked. Hike through pristine wilderness to spectacular Chaleur Bay Hike to the waterfall at Harbour Ruin Take a boat trip to the lost whaling station The cliffs of Devil's Bay are technically challenging climbs Sea kayaking
Sleep
Near the church in Francois, there is a simple camping site with picnic bench and outhouse. Several residents also offer their homes for visitors to spend a few nights in. Nightly rates are available upon request and are very reasonable. It is best to arrange in advance.
Connect
There is a library with internet access.
Go next
On Thursdays, the Marine Services ferry leaves Francois for McCallum and Hermitage.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
François ( pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “François” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.