![](http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images//topicimages/noimage.gif)
Nivernais
Encyclopedia
Nivernais is former province of France, around the city of Nevers
and the département of Nièvre
.
The raw climate and soils cause the area to be heavily wooded.
Nevers
Nevers is a commune in – and the administrative capital of – the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne region in central France...
and the département of Nièvre
Nièvre
Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
.
The raw climate and soils cause the area to be heavily wooded.