Moncoutant

Moncoutant
The town hall in Moncoutant The town hall in Moncoutant
Moncoutant
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Moncoutant
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Parthenay
Canton	Moncoutant
Intercommunality	Terre de Sèvre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Mouiller
Area1	26.32 km2 (10.16 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,100
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	79179 / 79320
Elevation	153–226 m (502–741 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Moncoutant is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

Geography

Moncoutant is located in a bocage area in northern Deux-Sèvres, on the Sèvre Nantaise, 50 km north of Niort and 15 km south of Bressuire.

Economy

Moncoutant is a mainly agricultural town. However, it also has numerous shops and a few industries. Since 2001, it has also become a tourist center, thanks to the opening of the fishing holiday center Pescalis.

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

References

• INSEE