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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region with 1,570,000 residents
- Description: historical province of France
- Also known as: “Haut-Poitou” and “Le Poitou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Étienne-et-Saint-Roch de Largeasse and Église Saint-Denis de Trayes.
Église Saint-Étienne-et-Saint-Roch de Largeasse
Church
Photo: Piso17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Étienne-et-Saint-Roch de Largeasse is a church.
Église Saint-Denis de Trayes
Church
Photo: Domirance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Denis de Trayes is a church.
Église Notre-Dame de Neuvy-Bouin
Church
Photo: Acfred, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Notre-Dame de Neuvy-Bouin is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neuvy-Bouin.
Poitou
- Category: historical province of France
- Location: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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: “Graafschap Poitiers”
- Dutch: “Poitou”
- Esperanto: “Potevio”
- French: “Poetou”
- French: “Poictou”
- French: “Poitou”
- Galician: “Poitou”
- Georgian: “პუატუ”
- German: “Graf von Poitiers”
- German: “Grafschaft Poitou”
- German: “Poitou”
- Greek: “Πουατού”
- Hebrew: “פואטו”
- Icelandic: “Poitou”
- Indonesian: “Poitou”
- Irish: “Poitou”
- Italian: “Poitou”
- Japanese: “ポワトゥー”
- Kirghiz: “Пуату”
- Korean: “푸아투”
- Latin: “Pictavia”
- Latin: “Pictaviensis”
- Luxembourgish: “Poitou”
- Narom: “Pouétou”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Poitou”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Poitou”
- Norwegian: “Poitou”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Peitau”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Peitowe”
- Ossetian: “Пуату”
- Picard: “Poétou”
- Polish: “Poitou”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Poitou”
- Portuguese: “Poitou”
- Romanian: “Poitou”
- Russian: “Пуату”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Poitou”
- Slovenian: “Poitou”
- Spanish: “Poitou”
- Spanish: “Poitu”
- Spanish: “Poitú”
- Swedish: “Poitevins”
- Swedish: “Poitou”
- Turkish: “Poitou”
- Ukrainian: “Пуату”
- Welsh: “Poitou”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Poitou”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Trayes and La Chapelle Seguin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forêt de Secondigny and Chanteloup.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Bordeaux, Deux-Sèvres, Charente, and Poitiers.
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