Châteauneuf (Vendée)

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Châteauneuf
Châteauneuf (France)
Châteauneuf
region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement Les Sables-d'Olonne
Canton Challans
Community association Challans-Gois Communauté
Coordinates 46 ° 55 ′  N , 1 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 55 ′  N , 1 ° 55 ′  W
height 1-34 m
surface 15.92 km 2
Residents 1,056 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 66 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 85710
INSEE code 85062
Website http://www.chateauneuf-vendee.fr/

Châteauneuf is a French commune with 1,056 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne and the Canton of Challans . The inhabitants are called Castelneuviens .

geography

Châteauneuf is located in the northwest of the department, about twelve kilometers inland from the Atlantic coast. Châteauneuf is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Gervais in the north and west, Bois-de-Céné in the north and east, La Garnache in the south-east and Sallertaine in the south and south-west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
546 499 478 452 520 527 732 943
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Châteauneuf (Vendée)

  • Church of the Assumption ( Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption )
  • Mill, Monument historique since 1982
  • Wallburg (Motte) with the remains of the old castle, Monument historique since 1988

  • Church of the Assumption

  • Wallburg

  • Windmill

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 99-100.

Web links

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