Saint-Maixent-l'École
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Commune of Saint-Maixent-l'École |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Niort |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons: Saint-Maixent-l'École-1 Saint-Maixent-l'École-2 |
| Mayor | Léopold Moreau (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 52 m–115 m (avg. 74 m) |
| Land area¹ | 5.22 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
6,602 |
| - Density | 1,264/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 79270/ 79400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Saint-Maixent-l'École is a commune of the Deux-Sèvres département, in the Poitou-Charentes region of France. Locals are known as Saint-Maixentais.
[edit] History
Founded in 459 by the Oratorian monk Agapit, who was joined in 480 by Adjutor who took the name Maixent. Initially, the city was known as Saint-Saturnin.
During the 6th and 7th centuries the city prospered.
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