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Nièvrenyĕ'vrə, department (1990 pop. 232,600), central France. Nevers is the capital.
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Nièvre is a department in the center of France named after the Nièvre River.
Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Nivernais.
Nièvre is part of the current region of Bourgogne, although historically it was not part of the province of Burgundy, and it is surrounded by the departments of Yonne, Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Cher, and Loiret.
The département is crossed by "La Loire" which is the longest river of France.
Nièvre is a rural department with about 50 inhabitants / km².
The main cities are : Nevers, Cosne-sur-Loire, Varennes-Vauzelles,...more »
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- Nevers
Nevers, city (1991 pop. 43,889), capital of Nièvre dept., central France, on the Loire and Nièvre rivers. It is noted for its pottery and china industries. Other manufactures include metal pro...
- Nivernais
Nivernais, region and former province, central France. It roughly coincides with Nièvre dept. Drained by the Loire and the Yonne, it is a hilly plateau, rising to the Morvan Mts. in the east. ...
- Burgundy
Burgundy, Fr. Bourgogne, historic region, E France. The name once applied to a large area embracing several kingdoms, a free county (see Franche-Comté), and a duchy. The present region is iden...
