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The Baudet du Poitou, also called the Poitevin or Poitou donkey, is a French breed of donkey. It is one of the largest breeds, and jacks (donkey stallions) were bred to mares of the Poitevin horse breed to produce Poitevin mules , which were formerly in worldwide demand for agricultural and other work.
Poitevin (French pronunciation: [pwat(ə)vɛ̃] ⓘ; endonym: poetevin) is a dialect of Poitevin–Saintongeais, [2] [3] one of the regional languages of France, spoken in the historical province of Poitou, now administratively divided between Pays de la Loire (Loire countries) and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (New Aquitaine).
Poitou (UK: / ˈ p w ʌ t uː / PWUH-too, US: / p w ɑː ˈ t uː / pwah-TOO, [2] [3] [4] French:; Latin: Pictaviensis, Pictavia; Poitevin: Poetou) was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Both Poitou and Poitiers are named after the Pictones Gallic tribe.
Poitevin–Saintongeais (French pronunciation: [pwatvɛ̃ sɛ̃tɔ̃ʒɛ]; endonym: poetevin-séntunjhaes; [3] also called Parlanjhe, Aguiain or Aguiainais in French) is a language spoken in the regions of the Pays de la Loire and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Poitevin mule with pack-saddle at the Salon International de l'Agriculture in Paris in 2013. The Poitevin mule or French: mule Poitevine is a type of large mule from the former province of Poitou in western central France. It is the product of mating between a Baudet du Poitou jack or donkey stallion with a mare of the Poitevin Mulassier breed ...
Guy Poitevin (1927-2008), French footballer and manager Maixent Poitevin , mayor of Poitiers from 1564 to 1566 Roger the Poitevin (1060s-1130s), Anglo-Norman aristocrat
The broyé poitevin or broyé du Poitou is a pastry from the historic Poitou province of France and made with an unleavened dough of sugar, flour, butter and eggs. It is available in large or small sizes (8–100 cm in diameter and about 2 cm thick).
The Stade Poitevin, founded in 1900, is a multi-sports club, which fields several top-level teams in a variety of sports. These include a volleyball team that play in the French Pro A volleyball league , a basketball team, an amateur football team and a professional rugby team (as of the 2008–2009 season).