The Route nationale 149 (N149) is a trunk road ( nationale) in western

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Bressuire to Parthenay (30km)

The RN149 starts at the end of the RN249 to the north west of

Bressuire Bressuire (; la, Berceorium; Poitevin: ''Beurseure'') is a commune in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The town is situated on an eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton. Notable buildi ...

, the road then bypasses Bressuire as a dual carriageway before heading south east towards

Parthenay Parthenay () is an ancient fortified town and ''commune'' in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is sited on a rocky spur that is surrounded on two sides by the River Thouet, and is the su ...

. It cuts through the villages of Saint-Sauveur and Chiche before turning south, cutting across the D46 at

Amailloux Amailloux () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is situated about northwest of the town of Parthenay. See also *Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department The following is a list o ...

before coming into Parthenay. It then heads east, then south, around

Châtillon-sur-Thouet Châtillon-sur-Thouet (, literally ''Châtillon on Thouet'') is a village and ''commune'' in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The village is situated on the river Thouet to the north of the town of ...

and through a number of roundabouts, before heading east again towards

Poitiers Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglome ...

Parthenay to Poitiers (46 km)

After a long stretch of country road outside of Parthenay which crosses the D165, the N149 meets the D121 and D22 in La Ferrière-en-Parthenay. The road then leads to Chalandray, where it intersects the D24 and goes towards Ayron. From Ayron, it moves onward, crossing the D92 and going another 1.5 km until it intersects with the D62 and D7 at Vouillé. The road soon crosses the D45, and, 2 km later, the D30, both of which go to Cissé. The road continues towards the outskirts of

in Migné-Auxances, where it terminates into the N147.

History

The RN149 originally ran from

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

, but has been bypassed by the RN249. The old RN149 has either been renumbered or downgraded to the D149

European Route E62

European route E62 follows the N149 until it merges with the N147 at Poitiers.

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