Barbâtre
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Monts | |
| Community association | Ile de Noirmoutier | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 57 ′ N , 2 ° 11 ′ W | |
| height | 0-18 m | |
| surface | 12.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,724 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 138 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85630 | |
| INSEE code | 85011 | |
| Website | http://www.barbatre.fr/ | |
 Barbâtre beach with bunkers on the Atlantic Wall |
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Barbâtre is a French commune with 1,724 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vendée department of the Pays de la Loire region . Barbâtre belongs to the Arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the canton of Saint-Jean-de-Monts . The inhabitants are called barbâtrins .
geography
Barbâtre is a southern municipality on the Île de Noirmoutier . In the north of Barâbtre is the neighboring municipality of La Guérinière and on the mainland opposite to the south, the municipality of Fromentine . Via the Passage du Gois , Barbâtre is connected to the municipality of Beauvoir-sur-Mer on the mainland in the east.
history
Until 1858, Barbâtre was part of the municipality of Noirmoutier-en-l'Île .
| Population development | ||||||||
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1.110 | 1,124 | 1,127 | 1,091 | 1,269 | 1,420 | 1,710 | 1,777 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Barbâtre
- Historic mills
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 681-682.
Web links
Commons : Barbâtre - collection of images, videos and audio files
