Niort

Niort is a commune inside the Deux-Sevres department in western France. The population of Niort is 60,486 and greater than 137,000 people stay within the city location. Near Niort at Maisonnay there is one of the tallest radio masts in France height: 330 metres The soccer team is Chamois Niortais, which plays within the Ligue 2, the second one-highest league in French soccer. Rugby team Stade Niortais celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009. The Dragons baseball team performs inside the Regional League.

Niort has a railway station at the TGV direction among Paris and La Rochelle, Gare de Niort. Direct TGV to Paris Montparnasse station takes 2 hours and 15 minutes. Niort is a road and highway junction, related to Paris and Bordeaux by way of the A10 highway, with Nantes via the A83, and with La Rochelle by the N11. It is the largest French metropolis to offer unfastened mass transit. Niort is a main economic centre of France fourth ranked after Paris, Lyon and Lille. Chemistry and aeronautics are the principle industries.