Poitiers

Poitiers, with 83 thousand residents,¹ is located along the Clain River,² in the Vienne Department of the Poitou-Charentes Region of France. The Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand church is a way stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela, and as such is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tallest modern structure is the Poitiers Radio tower (197 feet) and the tallest modern buildings are a quadruplet of residential towers.³

External references

Church of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers, Vienne Department, Poitou-Charentes Region, France

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2010 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communes_in_France_with_over_20,000_inhabitants, accessed 2/9/2015.
2. The Clain flows into the Vienne, which flows into the Loire.
3. Emporis.com, accessed 7/4/2015. The towers are the résidences: du Mail; Charles Perrault; La Fontaine; and Florian, all 17 stories and 189 feet tall.