Editing Deux-Sèvres (section)

==Transport==
Niort in the south of the ''département'' is connected to Paris and Bordeaux by the [[A10 autoroute (France)|A10]] motorway, with Nantes by the [[A83 autoroute|A83]], with La Rochelle and Poitiers]] by the N11. Another important road in the north of the ''département'' is the [[Route nationale 149|''Route nationale'' 149]] (RN149), which runs roughly east–west from [[Bressuire]] to Poitiers, passing around the outskirts of Parthenay. This section of the RN149 forms part of the [[European route E62]] from Nantes to [[Genoa]]. The road originally ran from Nantes, but has been bypassed in various stages by the new [[RN249]] dual carriageway.  The old section from Nantes to Bressuire has been either renamed or downgraded to the D149.

The north and south of the ''département'' are connected by relatively minor roads, with the D743 and D748 linking Niort to Parthenay and Bressuire respectively, whilst the D938 connects to [[Thouars]].<ref name=ign33>{{cite book | title = Carte de Promenade - 33 - Cholet Niort | publisher = [[Institut Géographique National]] }}</ref>

The ''département'' has two railway stations on the [[TGV]] route between Paris and La Rochelle (Niort and [[Saint-Maixent]]), with a journey from Niort to Paris taking 2h15.<ref name=tgv>{{cite web | title = TGV | url = http://www.tgv.com/ | publisher = [[SNCF]] | access-date = 2008-08-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140521025340/http://www.tgv.com/ | archive-date = 2014-05-21 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It is also served by several [[TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] regional railway routes, including a route from Poitiers via Niort to La Rochelle, a route from Niort to [[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]], and a route from [[Tours]] to Thouars and Bressuire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmt.vsct.fr/sites/default/files/swt/CNAQ/2021-11/RNA-Carte%20Reseau%20TER-A0-0221HDV3_tcm78-165262_tcm78-165261_0.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://mmt.vsct.fr/sites/default/files/swt/CNAQ/2021-11/RNA-Carte%20Reseau%20TER-A0-0221HDV3_tcm78-165262_tcm78-165261_0.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Plan du réseau TER en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|website=www.ter.sncf.com|language=fr|access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> The ''région'' of Nouvelle-Aquitaine provides inter-urban bus service that connects the towns and villages of the ''département''.<ref name=trans>{{cite web | title = Les lignes régulières dans les Deux-Sèvres | url = https://transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr/cars-regionaux/reseau-et-horaires/deux-sevres | publisher = Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine | access-date = 26 April 2022}}</ref>

There are no airports with scheduled airline service within the ''département'', although {{Interlanguage link multi|Niort-Souche Airport|fr|3=Aérodrome de Niort - Souché}} is used for private movements. The nearest commercial airports are at Poitiers ([[Poitiers - Biard Airport]]), La Rochelle ([[La Rochelle - Île de Ré Airport]]) and Nantes ([[Nantes Atlantique Airport]]).