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Niort
Niort is a commune of western France, préfecture (capital) of the Deux-Sèvres département.
The Latin name of the city was Novio Rito. Niort is maybe best known as the centre of angelica cultivation in France.
Niort was the birthplace of:
- Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719), second wife of Louis XIV
- Louis-Marcelin, marquis de Fontanes (1757-1821), poet and politician
- Henri-Georges Clouzot (1904-1977), film director
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