La Forêt-sur-Sèvre

La Forêt-sur-Sèvre (French pronunciation: [la fɔʁɛ syʁ sɛvʁ], literally The Forest on Sèvre) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

La Forêt-sur-Sèvre
Commune
Location of La Forêt-sur-Sèvre
La Forêt-sur-Sèvre Show map of France La Forêt-sur-Sèvre Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 46°46′15″N 0°38′55″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Bressuire
Canton	Cerizay
Intercommunality	CA Bocage Bressuirais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Marolleau[1]
Area 1	55.94 km2 (21.60 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,261
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	79123 /79380
Elevation	147–227 m (482–745 ft) (avg. 153 m or 502 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,407	—
1975	2,363	−0.26%
1982	2,417	+0.32%
1990	2,395	−0.11%
1999	2,229	−0.79%
2007	2,329	+0.55%
2012	2,297	−0.28%
2017	2,365	+0.59%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department