Secondigny

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Location of Secondigny

46°36′33″N 0°25′10″W / 46.6091°N 0.4195°W / 46.6091; -0.4195CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentDeux-SèvresArrondissementParthenayCantonLa Gâtine Intercommunality CC Parthenay-GâtineArea

37 km² (14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

1,791 • Density48/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

79311 /

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Secondigny (French pronunciation: [səɡɔ̃diɲi]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

It is situated about 14 km west of the town of Parthenay and 35 km north of Niort.

Secondigny is the source of the Thouet, a river that flows east and then north before joining the Loire near Saumur. Just to the west of Secondigny is the source of the Sèvre Nantaise, which flows west and north to join the Loire in Nantes.^[2]

Notable people

Michel Menu, engineer and author

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Carte de Promenade - 33 - Cholet Niort. Institut Geographique National.