Poitou

Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was . Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Region with 1,570,000 residents
  • Description: historical province of France
  • Also known as: “Graafschap Poitiers”, “Graf von Poitiers”, “Grafschaft Poitou”, “Haut-Poitou”, “Le Poitou”, “Pictavia”, “Pittavia”, “Poetou”, “Poictou”, “Poitevins”, “Poitu”, and “Poitú”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Église Saint-Denis de Trayes and Église Saint-Étienne-et-Saint-Roch de Largeasse.

Church
Photo: Domirance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Church
Photo: Piso17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Church
Photo: Acfred, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neuvy-Bouin.

Village
is a commune in the department in western .

Poitou

Latitude
46.6667° or 46° 40′ north
Longitude
-0.5° or 0° 30′ west
Population
1,570,000
Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)
Open location code
8CRXMG82+M2
Geo­Names ID
2986493
Wiki­data ID
Q954076
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Poitou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بواتو”
  • Armenian: “Պուատու”
  • Arpitan: “Pouètou”
  • Basque: “Poitou”
  • Belarusian: “Пуату”
  • Breton: “Poatev”
  • Catalan: “Poitou”
  • Chinese: “普瓦圖”
  • Czech: “Poitou”
  • Dutch: “Poitou”
  • Esperanto: “Potevio”
  • French: “Poitou”
  • Galician: “Poitou”
  • Georgian: “პუატუ”
  • German: “Poitou”
  • Greek: “Πουατού”
  • Hebrew: “פואטו”
  • Icelandic: “Poitou”
  • Indonesian: “Poitou”
  • Irish: “Poitou”
  • Italian: “Poitou”
  • Japanese: “ポワトゥー”
  • Jèrriais: “Pouétou”
  • Kirghiz: “Пуату”
  • Korean: “푸아투”
  • Latin: “Pictaviensis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Poitou”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Poitou”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Poitou”
  • Norwegian: “Poitou”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Peitau”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Peitowe”
  • Ossetian: “Пуату”
  • Persian: “پواتو”
  • Picard: “Poétou”
  • Polish: “Poitou”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Poitou”
  • Portuguese: “Poitou”
  • Romanian: “Poitou”
  • Russian: “Пуату”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Poitou”
  • Slovenian: “Poitou”
  • Spanish: “Poitou”
  • Swedish: “Poitou”
  • Turkish: “Poitou”
  • Ukrainian: “Пуату”
  • Urdu: “پواتو”
  • Welsh: “Poitou”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Trayes and La Chapelle Seguin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Forêt de Secondigny and Chanteloup.

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