Thouars

Thouars
The town hall in Thouars
The town hall in Thouars
Coat of arms of Thouars
Location of Thouars
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Thouars is located in France
Thouars
Thouars
Thouars is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Thouars
Thouars
Coordinates: 46°58′33″N 0°12′51″W / 46.9758°N 0.2142°W / 46.9758; -0.2142
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentDeux-Sèvres
ArrondissementBressuire
CantonThouars
IntercommunalityThouarsais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Paineau[1]
Area
1
81.48 km2 (31.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
14,000
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
79329 /79100
Elevation47–117 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.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 October 2018 (in French)