Le Thou
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Le Thou is a commune
in the Charente-Maritime
department in the Poitou-Charentes
region
in southwestern France
. The Atlantic Ocean
is situated about 10 km to the west. In the mid-1960s, Le Thou's population surpassed Thairé
and made it the second most populated commune in the canton.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in the Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes
Poitou-Charentes is an administrative region in central western France comprising four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. The regional capital is Poitiers.-Politics:The regional council is composed of 56 members...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
is situated about 10 km to the west. In the mid-1960s, Le Thou's population surpassed Thairé
Thairé
Thairé is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France. The Atlantic Ocean is situated to the west.-Population:-External links:* *...
and made it the second most populated commune in the canton.