Beaulieu-sous-Bressuire

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Beaulieu-sous-Bressuire est une ancienne commune française située dans le département des Deux-Sèvres et la région Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Elle est associée à la commune de Bressuire depuis 1973. Le 28 mars 2013, elle est transformée en commune déléguée.

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Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais

Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Bressuire. It is located in the Deux-Sèvres department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, western France. Created in 2014, its seat is in Bressuire. Its area is 1318.8 km2. Its population was 73,944 in 2019, of which 19,850 in Bressuire proper.

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Château de Bressuire

The Château de Bressuire is a ruined castle in the town of Bressuire in the Deux-Sèvres département of France. The site has been inhabited continuously since the Celtic epoch. The castle was built on the site of an oppidum of the Gauls and was first documented in 1029, in a charter at Saint-Cyprien de Poitiers. It belonged to the Beaumont-Bressuire family until the start of the 16th century. The castle is a fine example of medieval military architecture. In 1190, the castle consisted of an enceinte almost 700 metres around, with 38 towers circling the first fortress, itself defended by eight towers. The visible remains date essentially from the end of the 12th and the start of the 13th century. The fortress included three enceintes, of which the outermost has now disappeared. The castle was broken up during the first half of the 18th century. In 1441, Jacques de Beaumont became Seigneur de Bressuire. He converted the castle into a beautiful residence. From this time date the large building closing off the courtyard, that has mullion windows, splendid granite chimneys in the private rooms and an elegant gallery, all intended to show the refinement of the owner. The castle subsequently belonged to a number of families but its maintenance was ignored. In 1876, the building partly collapsed. The Bernard family bought the castle the same year. In 1880, a neo-Gothic château was built in the castle court, set back in relation to the former building. The castle was acquired by the commune in 1975. It has been listed since 1996 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

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Canton of Bressuire

The canton of Bressuire is an administrative division of the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. Its borders were modified in March 2015 when the French canton reorganisation came into effect. Its seat are in Bressuire. It consists of the following communes: Boismé Bressuire Chiché Faye-l'Abbesse Geay

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Bressuire

Bressuire is a commune in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The town is situated on an eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton.

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Arrondissement of Bressuire

The arrondissement of Bressuire is an arrondissement of France in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 57 communes. Its population is 109,621, and its area is 1,938.9 km2.

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Le village est situé au nord-ouest de Bressuire.

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Anciennes mentions : Bellus locus prope Bercorium en 1102, Sanctus Petrus de Bello Loco en 1107, Bealeu en 1363, St-Christophe de Beaulieu en 1648.

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Avant 1790, ce village dépend du doyenné et de la châtellenie de Bressuire, de la sénéchaussée de Poitiers et de l’élection de Thouars. Le 1er janvier 1973, la commune de Beaulieu-sous-Bressuire est rattachée à celle de Bressuire sous le régime de la fusion-association. Le 28 mars 2013, elle est transformée en commune déléguée.

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Communauté d'agglomération du Bocage Bressuirais

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Château de Bressuire

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Canton of Bressuire

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Bressuire

Bressuire is a commune in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The town is situated on an eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton.

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Arrondissement of Bressuire

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