Bournezeau
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Canton | Chantonnay | |
| Community association | Pays de Chantonnay | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 38 ′ N , 1 ° 10 ′ W | |
| height | 12-104 m | |
| surface | 60.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,373 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 56 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85480 | |
| INSEE code | 85034 | |
| Website | http://www.bournezeau.fr/ | |
Bournezeau is a French municipality with 3373 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and is part of the canton of Chantonnay . The inhabitants are called Chantonnaisien (ne) .
geography
Bournezeau is bounded to the north by the Petit Lay River . Bournezeau is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis in the north and northeast, Chantonnay in the east and northeast, La Réorthe in the southeast, Sainte-Hermine and Sainte-Pexine in the south, Les Pineaux in the south and southwest, Thorigny in the west and Southwest and Fougeré in the west and northwest. The A83 autoroute (connection Bournezeau-Chantonnay) and the former national route 148 and 149bis (today's D949B) run through the municipality .
history
The formerly independent municipality of Saint-Vincent-Puymaufrais has been part of the municipality since 1972 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 1,745 | 1,709 | 2.172 | 2.168 | 2,336 | 2,439 | 2,852 | 3,156 |
Attractions
- Former Cistercian Abbey Trizay Monastery , founded at the beginning of the 12th century
- Saint André church in Bournezeau
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in Saint-Vincent-Puymaufrais
- Castle ruins
- 16th century mansion of Beauregard
- Le Thibeuf Castle from the 17th century
- La Rouchelourie castle from the 17th century
- La Girardière castle from the 17th century
- Le Chêne-Bertin castle from the 19th century
- 19th century domain of La Courbedomère
- Pally Castle, reconstructed in 1824
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 115-120.
