Damvix
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte | |
| Canton | Fontenay-le-Comte | |
| Community association | Vendée, Sèvre, Autise | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 19 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ W | |
| height | 0-10 m | |
| surface | 11.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 747 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 64 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85420 | |
| INSEE code | 85078 | |
| Website | www.damvix.fr | |
 Town hall ( Mairie ) of Damvix |
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Damvix is a French municipality with 747 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée , in the Région Pays de la Loire . Damvix belongs to the arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte and the canton Fontenay-le-Comte (until 2015: canton Maillezais ). The inhabitants are called Damvitais .
location
Damvix is the southernmost municipality in the Vendée department. It is located about 20 kilometers west of Niort in the Marais Poitevin and the Venise Verte . The Sèvre Niortaise runs through the municipality . Damvix is surrounded by the neighboring communities Maillezais in the north, Saint-Sigismond in the east and northeast, Arçais in the east and southeast, Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud in the south and southeast, La Ronde in the southwest and Maillé in the west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 | |
| 896 | 828 | 757 | 695 | 673 | 705 | 747 | 748 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Guy church, built between 1849 and 1864 ( Monument historique )
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 464-466.
