Vendeuvre-of-Poitou

See also: Vendeuvre (homonymy)

Vendeuvre-of-Poitou is a common French, located in the department of the Vienna and the area Poitou-Charentes.

Geography

Many and varied landscapes, hills, marsh.

History

Celtic village of Celtic and Gallo-Roman origin, in the past " Vindobriga". Seigniory of the admiral de Bonnivet, favorite of François Ier, who made there build a castle in 1520. Fatherland of the writers Maurice Rat and Michel Foucault.

Ancient site of the Mirandes* Turns (MH): circular temple, basilica, forum and scattered vestiges of a vast Gallo-Roman agglomeration of more than 100 ha.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

Leu of residence of the philosopher Michel Foucault

See too

  • Common of Vienna

External bonds

  • Vendeuvre-of-Poitou on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Vendeuvre-of-Poitou on the site of INSEE
  • Vendeuvre-of-Poitou on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Vendeuvre-of-Poitou on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Vendeuvre-of-Poitou on Mapquest

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