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Thouars | |
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 The town hall in Thouars | |
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Location of Thouars  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°58′33″N 0°12′51″W / 46.9758°N 0.2142°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Bressuire |
| Canton | Thouars |
| Intercommunality | Thouarsais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Paineau[1] |
Area 1 | 81.48 km2 (31.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 14,000 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 79329 /79100 |
| Elevation | 47–117 m (154–384 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Thouars (pronounced [twaʁ]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Mauzé-Thouarsais, Missé and Sainte-Radegonde were merged into Thouars.[3]
It is on the River Thouet. Its inhabitants are known as Thouarsais. The Toarcian stage of the Jurassic takes its name from the town.
Although there is evidence of human habitation here 5,000 years ago, it is only in the seventh century that the town appears in the historical record. In the 760s, Thouars found itself in Aquitaine, the most robust fortress in the entire region according to contemporary chroniclers. This was a violent decade as Duke Waïfre, struggling to preserve the independence of Aquitaine, fought against the expansionist ambitions of the French King, Pepin the Short. In 762, accompanied by his son, the future Charlemagne, appeared outside Thouars. He destroyed the Gallo-Roman town and torched the castle.
In the ninth century the first of a line of viscounts took charge of Thouars: he and his successors would control the fiefdom for more than five centuries until the end of the fourteenth century. The earliest of these Viscounts of Thouars for whom information survives is Geoffrey I, known as the founder of the Thouars dynasty. Located at the south of Anjou and at the frontier with Aquitaine, the Viscountcy of Thouars became a rich fiefdom with a strategic location extending from Upper Poitou all the way to the coast.
Aimery IV of Thouars was a companion of William the Conqueror as a commander in the Battle of Hastings.
In Angers in 1199, Guy of Thouars married Constance of Brittany to become Duke of Brittany jure uxoris, and after the death of Constance, Regent of Brittany for her daughter Alix of Thouars.[citation needed] In 1372 the English were expelled from the town by Bertrand du Guesclin.[4]
Thouars was the birthplace of the medieval general Louis de La Trémoille, created duke by Charles IX in 1563.[4] In 1619 his heir Henri de La Trémoille married Marie de la Tour d'Auvergne, sister of Turenne. She razed the old gothic château-fort to build the present château.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 15,139 | — |
| 1975 | 16,063 | +0.85% |
| 1982 | 15,935 | −0.11% |
| 1990 | 15,657 | −0.22% |
| 1999 | 15,498 | −0.11% |
| 2007 | 14,797 | −0.58% |
| 2012 | 14,385 | −0.56% |
| 2017 | 13,990 | −0.56% |
| Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Thouars at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Thouars was the birthplace of:
Thouars is also the final resting place of:
Thouars is twinned with:
Hannut, Belgium
Port-Gentil, Gabon[6]
Diepholz, Germany
Międzyrzec Podlaski, Poland
Helensburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom| Climate data for Thouars (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1975–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
35.1 (95.2) |
41.2 (106.2) |
41.7 (107.1) |
43.0 (109.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
31.3 (88.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
43.0 (109.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.6 (5.7) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
0.4 (32.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
5.1 (41.2) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 51.1 (2.01) |
39.2 (1.54) |
40.4 (1.59) |
46.0 (1.81) |
49.7 (1.96) |
43.0 (1.69) |
38.4 (1.51) |
37.8 (1.49) |
48.9 (1.93) |
65.3 (2.57) |
58.7 (2.31) |
57.0 (2.24) |
575.5 (22.66) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.0 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 102.7 |
| Source: Meteociel[7] | |||||||||||||
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