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Deux-Sèvres

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Deux-Sèvres
Coat of airms o Deux-Sèvres
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Location o Deux-Sèvres in Fraunce
Location o Deux-Sèvres in Fraunce
Coordinates: 46°30′N 00°20′E / 46.500°N 0.333°E / 46.500; 0.333Coordinates: 46°30′N 00°20′E / 46.500°N 0.333°E / 46.500; 0.333
KintraFraunce
RegionPoitou-Charentes
PrefecturNiort
SubprefectursBressuire
Parthenay
Govrenment
 • Preses o the General CooncilEric Gautier (PS)
Area
 • Total5999 km2 (2,316 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total362,944
 • Rank64t
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Depairtment nummer79
Arrondissements3
Cantons17
Communes305
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2

Deux-Sèvres (French pronunciation: ​[dø sɛvʁ]) is a French depairtment.