Nièvre
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| Nièvre | |
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| Coat of arms of the Nièvre department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 58 |
| Region: | Bourgogne |
| Prefecture: | Nevers |
| Subprefectures: | Château-Chinon Clamecy Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 32 |
| Communes: | 312 |
| President of the General Council: | Marcel Charmant |
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| Population | Ranked 83rd |
| -1999 | 225,198 |
| Population density: | 33/km² |
| Land area¹: | 6817 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Nièvre is a department in the center of France named after the Nièvre River.
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[edit] History
Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Nivernais.
[edit] Geography
Nièvre is part of the current region of Bourgogne, although historically it was not part of the province of Burgundy, and it is surrounded by the departments of Yonne, Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Cher, and Loiret.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Nièvre department
- Communes of the Nièvre department
- Arrondissements of the Nièvre department
[edit] External links
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) General council website
- Official website of the Departmental Touristic Agency of Nièvre in Burgundy
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