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April 17, 2009
Damvix 850078 85420
Vendée Pays de la Loire
46.316 -0.733 100 m

The red fish.

One sight.
Other sight.

In the village of Damvix, On right bank of Sèvre Niortaise river, in the Poitevin Marsh, Marais Poitevin, desiccated, noneasily flooded, which extends between bay de l'Aiguillon and the marsh wet known as "la Venise Verte", Green Venice.

The sea occupied there is 8000 years all the golf of Pictons.
The Marais Poitevin, Marsh From Poitou, old Gulf of Poitou, gulf of Pictons, extends on the plains from the Vendée in north, the plain of Niort in Deux-Sèvres in the east and the plain of Aunis in Charente-Maritime in the south. The 95000 hectares of the Poitevin Marsh, were built by the marine currents and the alluvia brought by the rivers and rivers. Since the Neolithic era, the resources were exploited there. Salt, fishing, the breeding were developed there until the time Gallo Romaine. With the Middle Ages began from great work of draining and installation under the impulse of the abbeys, like benedictine abbey of Maillezais. They continued in particular under king Henri IV at the 17th century, and at the 19th century. It was necessary and it is still necessary, to contain the effects of the sea and to often evacuate surface waters of a marsh to the lower part of the open seas.
On the whole thousands of kilometers of channels of all sizes, drains, ditches, conches, were dug.

The marshes are divided into two, the desiccated marshes of 47,000 hectares, and wet the marshes known as Venice Verte of 29,000 hectares. 19000 hectares partially desiccated should be added.
Le marais poitevin.

Sévre Niortaise river is a coastal river of 158 km course, which takes its source close to Sepvret in Deux-Sèvres, crosses Niort, then goes down in the marsh from Poitou which it feeds, before throwing in the Atlantic Ocean in Aiguillon bay. Sèvre Niortaise river and Sèvre Nantaise river, gave their name to the department of Deux-Sèvres.

Damvix is a french commune, located in the department of the Vendée of the area of the Pays de la Loire, populated of 705 Damvitais in 1999, distributed out of, 12 km², that is to say 61 hab./km².

The neo-classic Church was completed in 1857, and shelters a stained glass of 1962, created by Gaston Chaissac, born on August 13th, 1910 in Avallon, deceased on November 7th, 1964 in the Roche-sur-Yon.My images of Damvix.
My images of the Marais Poitevin, Poitevin Marsh.

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