Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte | |
| Canton | Luçon | |
| Community association | Sud Vendée Littoral | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 21 ′ N , 1 ° 15 ′ W | |
| height | 1–17 m | |
| surface | 54.8 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,352 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 43 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85580 | |
| INSEE code | 85255 | |
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm is a western French municipality with 2352 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte and the Canton of Luçon . The inhabitants are called Michelais .
location
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm is located on the Atlantic coast in the Vendée countryside . Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Denis-du-Payré in the north, Triaize in the east, L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer in the west and Grues in the northwest.
The former route nationale 746 (today's D1046) runs through the municipality .
history
Originally, the place was on an island on the Pictonic Gulf. In 1017 the Vikings raided the bay.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1.965 | 1,898 | 1.937 | 1,944 | 1999 | 1.931 | 1,958 | 2,281 |
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Attractions
- Church, remains of the former royal abbey of Saint-Michel, originally founded by Benedictines in 682 and destroyed by Protestants in 1569
- André Deluol Museum
Personalities
- Lancelot Voisin de La Popelinière (1541–1608), historian and writer, lived for a long time in the royal abbey
- Alfred Le Roux (1815–1880), entrepreneur and banker
- François Bon (* 1953), writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 447-450.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm - Collection of images, videos and audio files
