What is Parthenay?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Parthenay |native name = |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = |image flag size = |image coat of arms = Blason_Parthenay.svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Parthenay_Citadel_from_Saint-Paul_Bridge_2.jpg |caption = [[Citadel]] |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|46.3855|0.1452|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Parthenay |canton = Parthenay |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Parthenay-Gâtine |mayor = Xavier Argenton<ref>{{cite web |work= |publisher=Ville de Parthenay |title=Les élus du Conseil Municipal |url=http://www.ville-parthenay.fr/pty/mairie/conseilmunicipal/Pages/Les-%C3%A9lus-du-Conseil-Municipal.aspx |language=French |accessdate=20 April 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |party = |term = 2014–2020 |elevation m = 149 |elevation min m = 114 |elevation max m = 184 |area km2 = 11.38 |population demonym = |population = 10367 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 79202 |postal code = 79200 |website = [http://www.ville-parthenay.fr/ www.ville-parthenay.fr] }} '''Parthenay''' is a [[Communes of France|''commune'']], an ancient [[Defensive wall|fortified town]], in the [[Deux-Sèvres]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regio