Deux Sèvres - History

The Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise. These aree two rivers which have their sources in the department. Deux-Sèvres was one of the 83 original départements which were created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.

Departmental borders were changed in 1973 when the inhabitants of the little commune of Puy-Saint-Bonnet became formally associated with the rapidly growing adjacent commune of Cholet. Cholet is in the neighbouring department of Maine-et-Loire: in order to avoid the associated communes being administered in separate departments, Puy-Saint-Bonnet was transferred into Maine-et-Loire.

This section on the history of the Deux Sèvres to be developed much more soon.