Saint-Maixent-l'École is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.
Residents are known as Saint-Maixentais.
Saint-Maixent-l'École is located in the Haut Val de Sèvre area of western France, about 15 miles (24 km) from Niort and 40 miles (64 km) from La Rochelle. The town sits in a fertile and sheltered south facing valley through which meanders a branch of the River Sevre.
It enjoys a pleasant microclimate -often being between 2 ...
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Saint-Maixent-l'École is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.
Residents are known as Saint-Maixentais.
Saint-Maixent-l'École is located in the Haut Val de Sèvre area of western France, about 15 miles (24 km) from Niort and 40 miles (64 km) from La Rochelle. The town sits in a fertile and sheltered south facing valley through which meanders a branch of the River Sevre.
It enjoys a pleasant microclimate -often being between 2 and 5C warmer than the surrounding hilltops- and sits in a predominantly rural landscape. The town is close to the autoroute networks and is well served by its own station, known to SNCF as 'St. Maixent Deux Sevres'. SNCF-TGV and RER local trains run to Angoulême, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Lille, Montauban, Niort, Paris, Poitiers and Tours
The town was founded in 459 by the Oratorian monk Agapit, who was joined in 480 by Adjutor who took the name Maixent. Initially, the city was known as Saint-Saturnin. During the 6th and 7th centuries the city...
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