Niort, city of the tertiary sector
The agglomeration community of Niort has nearly 110,000 inhabitants. Niort's economy is based on the tertiary sector. The city is renowned for being the headquarters of the main French mutual insurance companies and is considered the capital of the French social economy.
Niort, medieval city
Since the Middle Ages, Niort has been an active merchant town thanks to its river port. The remains of this past dot the city: the Romanesque keep of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the churches of Notre-Dame and Saint-André, the Pillory, the former alderman ...
Niort, the "green Venice"
The banks of the Sèvre Niortaise are laid out in a green flow which offers a choice route for hikers and mountain bikers.
On the edge of the Wet Marshes, Niort, the "Green Venice", is the gateway to the Marais Poitevin, a labyrinth of thousands of canals that can be discovered aboard a "flat", traditional boat.
At the wheel of a Europcar rental car, you can also explore the typical market-gardening villages and the Sèvre Niortaise castles.
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