Arçais

Arçais
Arçais
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Arçais
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Niort
Canton	Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
Mayor	Jean Leyssène (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	1–36 m (3.3–118 ft) (avg. 13 m/43 ft)
Land area1	15.12 km2 (5.84 sq mi)
Population2	654  (2006)
- Density	43 /km2 (110 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	79010/ 79210
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°17′49″N 0°41′23″W / 46.29694°N 0.68972°W / 46.29694; -0.68972

Arçais is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France. It is the only village in the centre of the Marais Mouillé, the so-called "wet marsh" which forms the eastern half of the Marais Poitevin (the Poitou Marshes), near the city of Niort. It is a popular centre for tourism, with several embarcadères which hire out punts and other boats for use on the network of canals that surrounds the village. There are also several shops, bars and other facilities, including bike hire.

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

References

• INSEE

External links

• The interregional park Marais Poitevin
• Poitou-Charentes Vacances: regional tourism website, with links to boat and bike companies in Arcais