Chambretaud
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| local community | Chanverrie | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 55 ′ N , 0 ° 58 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 85500 | |
| Former INSEE code | 85048 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church |
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Chambretaud is a village and a former French commune with 1,563 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It was part of the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of Mortagne-sur-Sèvre . The inhabitants are called Chambretaudais .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Chambretaud and La Verrie were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Chanverrie and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in La Verrie.
geography
Chambretaud is located about 45 kilometers northeast of La Roche-sur-Yon . The Crûme rises in the north of the municipality. Chambretaud is surrounded by the towns of La Verrie in the north, Saint-Malô-du-Bois in the east, Les Epesses in the southeast, Les Herbiers in the south and southwest and La Gaubretière in the west.
Route nationale 160 (today's D160) runs through the village .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,135 | 1,176 | 1,206 | 1,237 | 1.310 | 1,275 | 1,402 | 1,538 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church, Monument historique since 2007
- Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes chapel
- Place de Suyrot chapel from the 19th century
- Boisniard Castle, built in 1407
- Le Gastière castle from the 17th century with park and lake
- Large park in Le Puy du Fou
Personalities
- Cédric Ferchaud (* 1980), basketball player
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 543-547.
