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Niort
Niort
Prefecture and commune
	The old centre of Niort
	Coat of arms
	Location of Niort
	Niort Niort
	Coordinates: 46°50′27″N 0°29′14″W / 46.8408°N 0.4872°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Niort
Canton	Niort-1; Niort-2; Niort-3
Intercommunality	Le Niortais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jérome Baloge
Area 1	68.20 km2 (26.33 sq mi)
Population (2014)	58,311
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Demonym	Niortais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	79191 /79000
Elevation	2–77 m (6.6–252.6 ft) ; (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
Website	www.vivre-a-niort.com
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Niort is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is a prefecture of the Deux-Sèvres department. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Niort.

Geography

Niort is to the southwest of the Deux-Sèvres department on the left side of the Sèvre Niortaise river. The city is the main place to get into the Marais Poitevin, a large area of marshland in western France.

Niort is at about 41 km (25 mi) from Parthenay and about 64 km (40 mi) from Bressuire, the two subprefectures of the department.

The city is also at about 187 km (116 mi) from Bordeaux, 411 km (255 mi) from Paris, 827 km (514 mi) from Marseille and 423 km (263 mi) from Toulouse.

The commune has an area of 68.2 km² (26.3 sq mi).^[2] Its average altitude is 40 m (130 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 28 m (92 ft).^[3]

The commune of Niort is surrounded by the communes:

Climate

The climate of Niort is an oceanic climate with template summers, Cfb (Marine West Coast Climate) in the Köppen climate classification.^[4]

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Niort is 647.7 mm (25.5 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is September with 94 mm (3.7 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of 25.4 mm (1.0 in).

The average temperature for the year in Niort is 12.5 °C (54.5 °F). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 20.2 °C (68.4 °F). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 5.5 °C (41.9 °F).

Climate data for Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	8.5 (47.3)	10.0 (50.0)	13.4 (56.1)	16.0 (60.8)	20.0 (68.0)	23.7 (74.7)	26.1 (79.0)	26.1 (79.0)	22.9 (73.2)	18.8 (65.8)	12.2 (54.0)	8.9 (48.0)	17.2 (63.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.5 (41.9)	6.2 (43.2)	8.7 (47.7)	10.9 (51.6)	14.7 (58.5)	18.1 (64.6)	20.2 (68.4)	20.1 (68.2)	17.3 (63.1)	13.7 (56.7)	8.7 (47.7)	5.9 (42.6)	12.5 (54.5)
Average low °C (°F)	2.4 (36.3)	2.3 (36.1)	4.0 (39.2)	5.7 (42.3)	9.4 (48.9)	12.4 (54.3)	14.3 (57.7)	14.0 (57.2)	11.6 (52.9)	9.3 (48.7)	5.1 (41.2)	2.9 (37.2)	7.8 (46.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	42.0 (1.65)	34.4 (1.35)	41.5 (1.63)	63.1 (2.48)	58.2 (2.29)	39.5 (1.56)	24.8 (0.98)	49.9 (1.96)	95.0 (3.74)	87.5 (3.44)	64.7 (2.55)	47.6 (1.87)	648.2 (25.5)
Source: Weatherbase.com [1]

Population

The inhabitants of Niort are known, in French, as Niortais (women: Niortaises).^[5]

With a population of 58,311,^[6] Niort has a population density of 855 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Niort

Niort forms, with other 3 communes, the urban area of Niort with a population of 71,127 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 119.8 km² (46.3 sq mi).^[7] This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Niort, formed by 76 communes with a population of 154,160 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 1,373.3 km² (530.2 sq mi).^[8]

Administration

Niort is the prefecture of the Deux-Sèvres department, the capital of the arrondissement of Niort and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of three cantons:

Niort-1, with 19,481 inhabitants (2014).
Niort-2, with 18,806 inhabitants (2014).
Niort-3, with 20,024 inhabitants (2014).

It is part of the intercommunality Le Niortais (French: Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais).

Twinned and partner towns

Niort is twinned with:^[9]

Atakpamé, Togo, since 1958
Coburg, Bavaria, Germany, since 1974
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, since 1977
Springe, Lower Saxony, Germany, since 1979
Tomelloso, Spain, since 1981
Gijón, Asturias, Spain, since 1982
Biała Podlaska, Poland, since 1995

Gallery

Niort town hall.
Saint-Hilaire church.

References

↑ "Les élus" (in French). Vivre à Niort. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
↑ "Commune de Niort (79191)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
↑ "Niort". Map-France.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
↑ "Niort, France - Köppen Climate Classification". Weatherbase. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
↑ "Deux-Sèvres (79)" (in French). habitants.fr. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
↑ "Unité urbaine de Niort (79501)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
↑ "Aire urbaine de Niort (054)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
↑ "Jumelage" (in French). Vivre à Niort. Retrieved 21 April 2017.