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Administrative centre of the département of Vienne and capital of the Poitou-Charentes region in western France, at the confluence of the Rivers Clain and Boivre; population (2001 est) 87,000. Industries include metallurgy, electronics, agri-business, and printing works. Chemicals, electrical and metal goods, and clothing are also manufactured.
Dating from Roman times, and known in Latin as Limonum, Poitiers was the capital of the old province of Poitou. The Merovingian king Clovis I defeated the Visigoths at Poitiers in 507 and in 732 Charles Martel stemmed the Saracen advance. During the Hundred Years' War Edward the Black Prince of England defeated the French troops of the King Jean le Bon (John II) at Poitiers in 1356, and took him prisoner.
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