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    0°40′W / 46.333°N 0.667°W / 46.333; -0.667 The Marais Poitevin (pronounced [maʁɛ pwatvɛ̃]) or Poitevin Marsh is a large area of marshland in the former...
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    working to drain the Marais Poitevin, interbred with local horses. Although it has the size and conformation of a draft horse, the Poitevin has never been bred...
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    the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea and Italy. It includes southern Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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    (openfields) in grain-dominant, but also rich wetland areas such as the Marais Poitevin, a legacy of an old marine gulf filled with alluvium, which is divided...
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    French breed of beef cattle. It originates in, and is named for, the Marais Poitevin, the marshlands on the Atlantic coast of the département of the Vendée...
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    Poitou (redirect from Poitevins)
    appointment of Charlemagne in 778. A marshland called the Poitevin Marsh (French Marais Poitevin) is located along the Gulf of Poitou, on the west coast...
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    Nationaux, (the French national stud) and the Parc Naturel Regional du Marais Poitevin, working with private breeders, launched an effort to improve the genetics...
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    parts of the countries. It is cultivated in France, mainly in the Marais Poitevin, a marsh region close to Niort in the department Deux-Sèvres. Commercially...
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    Vendée's rivers and lakes. Inland, the chief attractions include the Marais Poitevin (an area of marshlands famed for wildlife), the forested area around...
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    Aquitaine Basin. It is separated from the Massif Armoricain by the Marais Poitevin to the north-west and from the Parisian basin by the Seuil du Poitou...
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    Poitou-Charentes (French pronunciation: [pwatu ʃaʁɑ̃t] ; Occitan: Peitau-Charantas; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Poetou-Chérentes) was an administrative region on the southwest...
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    Pakistan, dried cow/buffalo dung is used as fuel. France in Maison du Marais poitevin in Coulon there is a demonstration of traditional usage of dry dung...
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  • "Brazilian Venice", nickname for Recife, Brazil The Green Venice or Marais Poitevin, a large area of marshland in western France "Venice of America", nickname...
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    square kilometres or 1.2 square miles in total) near Vassor in Korsholm Marais Poitevin Les Moëres, adjacent to the Flemish polder De Moeren in Belgium. Polders...
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    de la Loire region in western France. It was once an island in the Marais Poitevin, until monks of the Maillezais Abbey dug canals in the 13th century...
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    British ships to the port of La Rochelle, partly from local birds of the Marais Poitevin, and partly from imported Croad Langshan stock, of which from 1876...
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  • cows, imported to Poitou by Bradley's Flemings working to drain the Marais Poitevin; he offered the first French-language description of English sheep...
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    volcans d'Auvergne (25 October 1977) website Parc naturel régional du Marais poitevin (created 1979, lost its status 1997) Parc naturel régional de la haute...
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    rapidly. The south-west of the département attracts tourists with the Marais Poitevin natural area; the Atlantic coast is close at hand. Population development...
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    de Gascogne, Loire-Anjou-Touraine, Marais Du Cotentin Et Du Bessin, Marais poitevin, Montagne de Reims, Oise-Pays de France, Perche, Vallée de la Scarpe...
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    Retrieved 2023-05-19. "Sécheresse : des "bassines" gasconnes pour le Marais poitevin". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-19. "Irrigation :...
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    province. It was a fief of the Duchy of Aquitaine. It extended to Marais Poitevin in the north, Basse Saintonge (and Niortais) in the east, and Rochefortais...
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    August 2015. "Camping naturiste du port, La Ronde, Charente Maritime, Marais Poitevin". Camping-naturiste-du-port.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015. "Charente...
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    France are: The cliffs at Étretat in Normandy Gliding through the Marais Poitevin, a swamp area near La Rochelle Château de Chenonceau; in the Loire...
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    Deux-Sèvres 2 June 2024 (day 23): Niort Bressuire Celles-sur-Belle Coulon (Marais Poitevin) Parthenay Saint-Maixent-l'École Thouars Niort Niort Vendée 4 June...
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    Paris. In 1736 Hoeufft's property at Petit Poitou was sold at Luçon in the Poitevin. Barthélemy Hervart – Huguenot banker Huguenots See the French Wars of...
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    bottom. Bucket seats are sometimes added for passengers' comfort. The Marais Poitevin, an area of marshland criss-crossed with canals north of La Rochelle...
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    053757°W / 46.924476; -2.053757 The Marais breton (French pronunciation: [maʁɛ bʁətɔ̃], "Breton Marsh"; or Marais breton-vendéen) is a zone géographique...
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    Angoulême; Melle; Niort-Est; Niort-Centre; Marais Poitevin  33  Rochefort; La Rochelle; Surgères; Niort-Sud; Marais Poitevin (N 150; N 248; E 601)  34  Cognac;...
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  • Bugey 1,049.9 2,594 Marais et tourbières des vallées de la Somme et de l'Avre 13,100 32,000 Marais Poitevin 69,034 170,590 Marais salants de Guérande...
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