Bois-de-Céné

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Bois-de-Céné
Coat of arms of the Bois-de-Céné
Bois-de-Céné (France)
Bois-de-Céné
region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement Les Sables-d'Olonne
Canton Challans
Community association Challans-Gois Communauté
Coordinates 46 ° 56 ′  N , 1 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′  N , 1 ° 53 ′  W
height 0-42 m
surface 41.89 km 2
Residents 2,001 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 48 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 85710
INSEE code
Website http://www.boisdecene.fr/

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Bois-de-Céné ( Breton : Koed-Keneg ) is a French municipality with 2,001 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the Canton of Challans . The inhabitants are called Cenéens .

geography

Bois-de-Céné is located in the northwest of the department in the salt marshes of the Falleron , the so-called Marais breton . Bois-de-Céné is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villeneuve-en-Retz in the north and north-west, Machecoul-Saint-Même in the north and north-east, Paulx in the east and north-east, La Garnache in the south and south-east, Châteauneuf in the south, and Saint-Gervais in the west and south-west and Bouin in the west and north-west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
1,377 1,301 1,214 1,251 1,232 1,263 1,410 1,800
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Etienne church, a historic monument since 1926
  • Ruins of the Benedictine monastery of Île-Chauvet from the 12th century, destroyed by fire in 1588, monument historique since 1992
  • Wall castle from the Middle Ages, monument historique since 1988
  • 16th century house, monument historique since 1927

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 91-93.

Web links

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