Bourneau

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Bourneau
Bourneau (France)
Bourneau
region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton La Châtaigneraie
Community association Pays de Fontenay-Vendée
Coordinates 46 ° 32 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 32 ′  N , 0 ° 49 ′  W
height 38-122 m
surface 16.34 km 2
Residents 734 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 45 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 85200
INSEE code

Bourneau is a French municipality with 734 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the canton of La Châtaigneraie in the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte .

geography

It is bordered by Saint-Cyr-des-Gâts in the north-west, Cezais in the north, Vouvant in the north- east, Mervent in the south-east, Pissotte and Sérigné in the south and Marsais-Sainte-Radégonde in the south-west . The village center is 95 meters above sea level. The local highway is the department road D938T, which runs between north and south. The Smagne rises in Bourneau . The river called Mère delimits the municipality marker in the southeast and is dammed there by the Barrage de Mervent .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008 2014
Residents 694 717 620 736 722 623 777 737

Attractions

St-Jean-Baptiste Church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 357-359.

Web links

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