MARAIS POITEVIN

LA VENISE VERTE

SIGHT - LANDSCAPES

Place de la Coutume, 79510 Niort · Coulon, NIORT, France

Region level recommended in Coulon, France

Picturesque Marshland Area

The Marais Poitevin is a large area of marshland in western France, a remnant of the former Gulf of Poitou.

It consists for two thirds of a western zone near the sea called the "dry marsh" (or "dried marsh"), used for farming and breeding, and for one third of an eastern zone called the "wet marsh", a maze of islets criss-crossed by picturesque canals now used for touristic rowboating and nicknamed The Green Venice (la Venise Verte).

Sight - Nr. 1 ranked on the 11 Best Sights in the district NIORT

MARAIS POITEVIN

Place de la Coutume
79510 Niort · Coulon,
District: NIORT, France

Tel: +33(0)5 49 35 15 20

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MARAIS POITEVIN, Place de la Coutume, 79510 Niort · Coulon, District: NIORT, France

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