Falleron (Vendée)

Falleron
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Challans
Community association	Vie et Boulogne
Coordinates	46 ° 53 ′  N , 1 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 53 ′  N , 1 ° 42 ′  W
height	22-69 m
surface	28.64 km 2
Residents	1,598 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	56 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85670
INSEE code	85086
Website	http://www.falleron.fr/
Saint-Pierre church

Falleron is a French commune with 1,598 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vendée department in the southwest of the Pays de la Loire region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of Challans (until 2015: canton Palluau ). The inhabitants are called Falleronnais .

location

Falleron is about 31 kilometers northwest of La Roche-sur-Yon . The Falleron river of the same name rises here . Falleron is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Touvois in the north, Grand'Landes in the east, Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit in the south-east, Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron in the south and south-west and Froidfond in the west.

The former route nationale 754 (today's D753) runs through the municipality .

Population development

year	1800	1851	1901	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	485	1.005	1,246	913	938	907	942	1,065	1,086	1,099	1,283	1,532
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Breuil-Herbaud monastery

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 705-708.

Web links

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