Curzon
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Vendée | |
Arrondissement | Les Sables d'Olonne | |
Canton | Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais | |
Community association | Vendée Grand Littoral | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 27 ′ N , 1 ° 18 ′ W | |
height | 0-23 m | |
surface | 5.9 km 2 | |
Residents | 513 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 87 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 85540 | |
INSEE code | 85077 | |
Website | http://www.curzon.fr/ | |
Town Hall (Mairie) of Curzon |
Curzon is a French municipality with 513 inhabitants (at 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 Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (until 2015: canton of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits ). The inhabitants are called Curzonnais .
geography
Curzon is located about 26 kilometers south-southeast of La Roche-sur-Yon and about 36 kilometers east-southeast of Les Sables-d'Olonne . The Lay forms the eastern boundary of the municipality. Curzon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais in the north and west, Lairoux in the east and Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer in the south and southwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
Residents | 598 | 546 | 542 | 438 | 405 | 356 | 429 | 474 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Curzon
- Church Saint-Romain crypt of the 11th century
Personalities
- Robert Varnajo (* 1929), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 656-659.