Gourgé
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Gourgé is a commune
in the Deux-Sèvres
department in the Poitou-Charentes
region
in western France
. It is 10 km (6.2 mi) from Parthenay
.
. Famous for its fete du medieval. There is 1 bakery, Salle des Fetes, Primary School, Marie, general store and garage.
It is a delightful typically French village on one of the Compostella routes and makes a good starting point for a number of cycle and walking routes along the Thouet valley.
Gourgé is a small French village, located in the Department of Deux-Sevres and the Poitou-Charentes region. Its inhabitants are called Gourgéens and Gourgéennes. The commune, extending to 50.4 sq km, had 918 inhabitants at the last census in 2006. With a density of 18.2 inhabitants per square km, Gourgé has experienced a rise of 0.1% in its population since 1999. Surrounded by the communes of Lhoumois, Lageon and Aubigny, Gourgé is located 27 km to the south-east of Bressuire, the largest city of the area. Located at an altitude 127 meters, the Rivers Thouet and Cebron are the principal water courses which traverse the village. The commune is close to the Loire-Anjou-Touraine regional natural park approximately 40 km away. The mayor of Gourgé is Mr Gilles HAMEL.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres is a French département. Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department.-History:...
department in the Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...
region
Régions of France
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in western France
France
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. It is 10 km (6.2 mi) from Parthenay
Parthenay
Parthenay is an ancient fortified town and commune in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France, sited on a rocky spur that is surrounded on two sides by the River Thouet...
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Features
Gourgé has a ninth century church, an old Roman bridge over the River ThouetThouet
The Thouet is a tributary river of the Loire in the Poitou-Charentes and Pays de la Loire régions of France. The Thouet rises at Secondigny, close to the source of the Sèvre Nantaise, and joins the Loire just to the west of Saumur...
. Famous for its fete du medieval. There is 1 bakery, Salle des Fetes, Primary School, Marie, general store and garage.
It is a delightful typically French village on one of the Compostella routes and makes a good starting point for a number of cycle and walking routes along the Thouet valley.
Gourgé is a small French village, located in the Department of Deux-Sevres and the Poitou-Charentes region. Its inhabitants are called Gourgéens and Gourgéennes. The commune, extending to 50.4 sq km, had 918 inhabitants at the last census in 2006. With a density of 18.2 inhabitants per square km, Gourgé has experienced a rise of 0.1% in its population since 1999. Surrounded by the communes of Lhoumois, Lageon and Aubigny, Gourgé is located 27 km to the south-east of Bressuire, the largest city of the area. Located at an altitude 127 meters, the Rivers Thouet and Cebron are the principal water courses which traverse the village. The commune is close to the Loire-Anjou-Touraine regional natural park approximately 40 km away. The mayor of Gourgé is Mr Gilles HAMEL.