Niort
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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.
Near Niort at Maisonnay there is one of the tallest radio masts in France (height: 330 metres).
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
External link
- The official homepage of Niort (http://www.mairie-niort.fr/abv/framesetPortail.asp)Template:France-geo-stub