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Thouars (pronounced [twaʁ]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Mauzé-Thouarsais, Missé and Sainte-Radegonde were merged into Thouars.[3]

Thouars
Commune
The town hall in Thouars
Location of Thouars
Thouars
Thouars
Coordinates: 46°58′33″N 0°12′51″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentDeux-Sèvres
ArrondissementBressuire
CantonThouars
IntercommunalityThouarsais
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Bernard Paineau[1]
Area
1
81.48 km2 (31.46 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
13,886
  Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
79329 /79100
Elevation47–117 m (154–384 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is on the River Thouet. Its inhabitants are known as Thouarsais. The Toarcian stage of the Jurassic takes its name from the town.


History


Although there is evidence of human habitation here 5,000 years ago, it is only in the seventh century that the town appears in the historical record. In the 760s, Thouars found itself in Aquitaine, the most robust fortress in the entire region according to contemporary chroniclers. This was a violent decade as Duke Waïfre, struggling to preserve the independence of Aquitaine, fought against the expansionist ambitions of the French King, Pepin the Short. In 762, accompanied by his son, the future Charlemagne, appeared outside Thouars. He destroyed the Gallo-Roman town and torched the castle.

Arms of the Viscounts of Thouars
Arms of the Viscounts of Thouars

In the ninth century the first of a line of viscounts took charge of Thouars: he and his successors would control the fiefdom for more than five centuries until the end of the fourteenth century. The earliest of these Viscounts of Thouars for whom information survives is Geoffrey I, known as the founder of the Thouars dynasty. Located at the south of Anjou and at the frontier with Aquitaine, the Viscountcy of Thouars became a rich fiefdom with a strategic location extending from Upper Poitou all the way to the coast.

Aimery IV of Thouars was a companion of William the Conqueror as a commander in the Battle of Hastings.[4]

In Angers in 1199, Guy of Thouars married Constance of Brittany to become Duke of Brittany jure uxoris, and after the death of Constance, Regent of Brittany for her daughter Alix of Thouars.[citation needed] In 1372 the English were expelled from the town by Bertrand du Guesclin.[5]

Thouars was the birthplace of the medieval general Louis de La Trémoille, created duke by Charles IX in 1563.[5] In 1619 his heir Henri de La Trémoille married Marie de la Tour d'Auvergne, sister of Turenne. She razed the old gothic château-fort to build the present château.


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 15,139    
1975 16,063+0.85%
1982 15,935−0.11%
1990 15,657−0.22%
1999 15,498−0.11%
2007 14,797−0.58%
2012 14,385−0.56%
2017 13,990−0.56%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Thouars at 1 January 2020.
Source: INSEE[6]

Main sights



People


Thouars was the birthplace of:

Thouars is also the final resting place of:


Twin towns


Thouars is twinned with:


See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 30 October 2018 (in French)
  4. "AimeryIVThouarsdied1093B". Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  5. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Thouars" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 883.
  6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. "Annuaire des villes jumelées : Gabon". afccre.org, Réseau de près de 1000 collectivités territoriales françaises (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-02.



На других языках


[de] Thouars

Thouars ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 13.886 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Deux-Sèvres in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Bressuire und ist Hauptort des Kantons Thouars
- [en] Thouars

[es] Thouars

Abreviatura científica del botánico Louis Marie Aubert du Petit Thouars

[ru] Туар

Туар (фр. Thouars) — коммуна во Франции, расположенная в департаменте Дё-Севр региона Пуату — Шаранта.



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