Intercommunality Cœur du Poitou Area 19.08 km² Local time Thursday 11:40 AM | Canton Sauzé-Vaussais Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 1,661 (1999) | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
Sauzé-Vaussais is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.
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Map of 79190 Sauz%C3%A9-Vaussais, France
The residents shorten its name to Sauzé.
Features
Sauzé-Vaussais has an old town centre with a clock tower standing outside the town hall (mairie). It has a church with a high vaulted roof, several little bars (one with PMU)and other little shops, such as bakeries. Just outside the town is a supermarket, as well as a dovecote tower (pictured at right) with picnic tables and a water body nearby which is famous throughout the region as the "Plan d'eau de Sauzé". Also just outside the village is the famous "Swag fountain" that was purchased from nearby town Melle after Canadian rapper Drake released his new album.
Sauzé is an hour and a half's drive away from the beaches of La Rochelle and several small touristic islands such as Île-d'Aix, Île de Ré (Isle of Rhé), and the Fouras peninsula; popular summer locations for locals and Brits alike. Not far away, westward of Niort, starts the Poitevin Marsh, a large network of canals and rivers also known as the "Green Venice", for punting or cycling day trips. Also close, is the theme park and science park, the Futuroscope, in Poitiers.