Chantonnay

Chantonnay
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Chantonnay (main town)
Community association	Pays de Chantonnay
Coordinates	46 ° 41 ′  N , 1 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′  N , 1 ° 3 ′  W
height	18-112 m
surface	82.91 km 2
Residents	8,318 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	100 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85110
INSEE code	85051
Website	http://www.ville-chantonnay.fr/
Chantonnay Town Hall

Chantonnay is a French municipality with 8318 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It is located in the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Chantonnay . The inhabitants call themselves Chantonnaisien (ne) .

geography

The municipality is crossed by the river Lay and limited to the west by the Petit Lay .

Chantonnay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay in the north, Sigournais in the northeast, Bazoges-en-Pareds in the east, La Jaudonnière in the southeast, Saint-Juire-Champgillon and La Réorthe in the south, Bournezeau in the west and southwest, Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis to the west and Sainte-Cécile to the northwest. The area is part of the Fiefs Vendéens wine region .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	4.137	5,135	6,991	7,235	7,458	7,541	7,958	8,255

history

With the Battle of Chantonnay during the French Revolution on September 5, 1793, the already outnumbered republican troops were defeated by the troops of the Vendée in the uprising of the Vendée .

In 1812 a stone meteorite weighing 31.5 kilograms fell near Chantonnay and was classified as L6 chondrite . The meteorite was found in a field and later cut into numerous fragments.

On November 16, 1957, a serious railway accident occurred near Chantonnay : A steam locomotive and a two-part diesel multiple unit collided head- on on a single-track railway line . 23 people died, including all passengers in the front part of the railcar. 30 people were also injured.

Culture and sights

Notre-Dame chapel

• Churches of Saint-Pierre , Saint-Philbert , Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul , Saint-Médard
• Notre-Dame chapel
• Wash-houses of Marzelle and Saint-Mars
• Pigeon houses from Porches de Ponsay and Dinchin
• Ponsay mansion
• The Laytal
• Castle in Sigournais

traffic

Chantonnay is the crossing point of the former Route nationale 137 , 149bis and 160bis .

Community partnerships

There has been a partnership with the German city of Ebermannstadt in Upper Franconia (Bavaria) since 1970 .

Personalities

• Henri Rochereau (1908–1999), politician and Minister of Agriculture, born in Chantonnay
• Philippe Katerine (* 1968), actor and songwriter, grew up in Chantonnay

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 121-136.

Web links

Commons : Chantonnay  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chantonnay. Meteoritical Bulletin, accessed July 8, 2020 . 
2. ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 159.