Moncoutant

Moncoutant
Moncoutant
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Moncoutant
Administration
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Parthenay
Canton	Moncoutant
Intercommunality	Terre de Sèvre
Mayor	Philippe Mouiller (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	153–226 m (502–741 ft) (avg. 180 m/590 ft)
Land area1	26.32 km2 (10.16 sq mi)
Population2	3,100  (2006)
- Density	118 /km2 (310 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	79179/ 79320
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°43′28″N 0°35′15″W / 46.7244444444°N 0.5875°W / 46.7244444444; -0.5875

Moncoutant is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

Geography

Moncoutant is located in a bocage area in northern Deux-Sèvres, on the Sèvre Nantaise, 50 km north of Niort and 15 km south of Bressuire.

Economy

Moncoutant is a mainly agricultural town. However, it also has numerous shops and a few industries. Since 2001, it has also become a tourist center, thanks to the opening of the fishing holiday center Pescalis.

History

Points of interest

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

References

• INSEE