Niort Marais poitevin – Vallée de la Sèvre Niortaise Tourist Office offers practical informations to book and organize your trip in Niort and in the Marais Poitevin, “Grand Site de France”.Gites, hotels, guest houses, campsites… come and relax in a quiet place, over the river Sèvre Niortaise and its castles. Ride by boat, by walk or by bike : conquer the Green Venice. Discover animations, activities, sites you must see, restaurants… to move during your next holidays between plain and marsh.
Current rains brought river levels. Waterways of the Marais poitevin did not escape the rule. Water is quietly out of bed to flood the “Marais Mouillé”, especially around Vanneau-Irleau. Here , flooding is called "évaille" (some also write "évaie" or "évaïe") by “Maraîchins”.
I can only advise you to go to Vanneau-Irleau to observe this natural phenomenon. Water out of sight. Parcels, roads, are completely covered. We want to take a boat and go on an adventure !
Unlike many floods, the “évaille” is not perceived as a catastrophe. The water just takes the place that was hers before that Man landscape the Marais poitevin.
The “maraîchins” say the Marais "breathes" !
Photo credits : Parc interrégional du Marais Poitevin
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