The Deux Sevres.
The Path Less Travelled.
For a diverse cultural heritage, delicious local cuisine including fresh seafood and rolling countryside, Deux-Sèvres, buried in the region of Nouvelle Aquitaine (formerly Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes), has a lot to offer holidaymakers.
Deux-Sèvres lies to the north of the Nouvelle Aquitaine region and borders the region of Pays-de-la-Loire. It also borders the other three regions that once made up the Poitou-Charentes region – Charente, Charente-Maritime and Vienne.
The Land of Two Rivers.
The name of the department literally means ‘two Sevrès’ as the sources of both the Sèvre Nantaise and Sèvre Niortaise rivers can be found here. Popular places to visit in this corner of the former region of Poitou-Charentes include Parthenay, Bressuire, Thouars and Coulon.