Poitou
Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.- Region with about 1,570,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 210 metres (680 feet)
- Description: historical province of France
- Also known as“Haut-Poitou”“Le Poitou”
Places of Interest
Discover Église Saint-Denis de Trayes and Église Saint-Étienne-et-Saint-Roch de Largeasse.
Église Saint-Denis de Trayes
Église Saint-Denis de Trayes is a church.
Église Saint-Étienne-et-Saint-Roch de Largeasse
Église Saint-Étienne-et-Saint-Roch de Largeasse is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neuvy-Bouin.
Neuvy-Bouin
Village
Neuvy-Bouin is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.
Poitou
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Latitude
46.6667° or 46° 40′ north
Longitude
-0.5° or 0° 30′ west
Open location code
8CRXMG82+M2
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Poitou” goes by many names.
بواتوArabic
ՊուատուArmenian
PouètouArpitan
PoitouBasque
ПуатуBelarusian
PoatevBreton
PoitouCatalan
普瓦圖Chinese
PoitouCzech
Graafschap PoitiersDutch
PoitouDutch
PotevioEsperanto
PoitouGalician
პუატუGeorgian
ΠουατούGreek
פואטוHebrew
PoitouIcelandic
PoitouIndonesian
PoitouIrish
PittaviaItalian
PoitouItalian
ポワトゥーJapanese
PouétouJèrriais
ПуатуKirghiz
푸아투Korean
PictaviaLatin
PictaviensisLatin
PoitouLuxembourgish
PoitouNorwegian
PoitouNorwegian Bokmål
PoitouNorwegian Nynorsk
PeitauOccitan (post 1500)
PeitoweOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ПуатуOssetian
پواتوPersian
PoétouPicard
PoitouPolish
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Localities in the Area
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