Rom, Deux-Sèvres

Rom
Commune
Rom
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Rom
Coordinates: 46°17′38″N 0°06′59″E / 46.2939°N 0.1164°E / 46.2939; 0.1164Coordinates: 46°17′38″N 0°06′59″E / 46.2939°N 0.1164°E / 46.2939; 0.1164
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Niort
Canton Celles-sur-Belle
Area1 52.38 km2 (20.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 807
 • Density 15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 79230 /79120
Elevation 110–154 m (361–505 ft)
(avg. 115 m or 377 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rom is a commune situated in the Deux-Sèvres department, in western France.

It was the Roman settlement of Rauranum, located at a ford on a little river on the Roman road between Limonum (Poitiers) and Santonum (Saintes), according to the Antonine Itinerary. At this posting stage or relay stage (mutatio), fresh horses could be found. It lay in the part of Gaul that became Aquitania in Late Antiquity. The Roman site, first rediscovered through aerial photography, is famous for its inscription to Epona. The streets of this vicus were paved with stone, its roofs covered with platelike terracotta tiles. Stone drums that once composed columns have been recovered in fields near the present parish church and built into the wall of its cemetery. Finds from excavations are presented in a format designed for children in the Musée de Rauranum, place de l'Église.

Geography

Rom is a commune situated in the south-eastern part of Deux-Sévres, in the township of Lezay. It is 50 km away from Niort. The river "Dive du Sud" pass through it and the Saint Sauvant forest covers its northern part.

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