Niort
Niort is a commune of western France, préfecture (capital) of the Deux-Sèvres département.
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Commune - France - Préfecture - Deux-Sèvres - Département
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The Latin name of the city was Novio Rito. Niort is maybe best known as the centre of angelica cultivation in France.
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Latin name - Angelica
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Near Niort at Maisonnay there is one of the tallest radio masts in France (height: 330 metres).
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Niort was the birthplace of:
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- 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
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