Information About ™Poitou |
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| former provinces of france | |
| deux-sèvres | |
| vendée | |
| vienne | |
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Poitou was a Province Of France whose capital city was Poitiers . There is a Marsh land called the Poitevin marsh (French ''Marais Poitevin'') on the gulf of Poitou, on the west coast of France, just north of La Rochelle . Many of the Acadian s who settled in what is now Nova Scotia beginning in 1604 and later to New Brunswick , came from the region of Poitou. After the Acadians were Deported by the British beginning in 1755 , a number of Acadians eventually took refuge in Poitou. A large portion of these Refugee s also migrated to Louisiana in 1785 and following years became known as Cajuns (see Cajun s). SEE ALSO
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, Count of Poitou, traditionally used for the province of Poitou]] |
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