Arçais
Arçais | |
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 The church in Arçais | |
Location of Arçais  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Niort |
| Canton | Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Michel PANIER |
| Area 1 | 15.12 km2 (5.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 654 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 79010 /79210 |
| Elevation | 1–36 m (3.3–118.1 ft) (avg. 13 m or 43 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arçais is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France. It is the only village in the centre of the Marais Mouillé, the so-called "wet marsh" which forms the eastern half of the Marais Poitevin (the Poitou Marshes), near the city of Niort. It is a popular centre for tourism, with several embarcadères which hire out punts and other boats for use on the network of canals that surrounds the village. There are also several shops, bars and other facilities, including bike hire.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arçais.
- The interregional park Marais Poitevin
- Poitou-Charentes Vacances: regional tourism website, with links to boat and bike companies in Arcais
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