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Niort, Poitou‐Charentes/France Noiordo, Nyrax The original name, and ultimately the present one, comes from Novioritu, itself from the Gaulish novio ‘new’ and ritu ‘ford’. The town lies on the Sèvres Niortaise River.

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Niort , city (1990 pop. 58,660), capital of Deux-Sèvres dept., W France, in Poitou. An old agricultural marketplace, it now has plywood, chemical, metallurgy, clothing, tobacco, and printing industries. Niort was originally a Gallo-Roman town called Novioritum. During the 16th and 17th cent. it was a stronghold of the Huguenots . Of the old fortress (12th-13th cent.), two huge towers remain; there are also several fine Renaissance buildings, including a town hall (16th cent.) and a church (15th-17th cent.).

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