Boufféré
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| local community | Montaigu-Vendée | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 20 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 85600 | |
| Former INSEE code | 85027 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Boufféré is a village and a former French commune with 3,383 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belonged to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of Montaigu . The inhabitants are called Boufféréen .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Boufféré , La Guyonnière , Montaigu , Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu and Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Montaigu-Vendée and have the status of a commune in the new municipality déléguée . The administrative headquarters are in Montaigu.
geography
Boufféré is located on the Maine and about 30 kilometers south of Nantes . Boufféré is surrounded by the villages of Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay in the north, Montaigu in the east and northeast, Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu in the east and southeast, Les Brouzils in the south, L'Herbergement in the south and southwest, and Saint-André -Treize-Voies in the southwest and Vieillevigne in the west.
The A83 autoroute and the former Route nationale 763 run along the town .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 872 | 895 | 1.103 | 1,237 | 1,423 | 1,766 | 2,434 | 3,086 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church from 1861
- Remains of the La Sénardière moated castle
- Le Hallay castle with chapel
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 523-525.
