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Froid Fund
Froidfond (France)
Froid Fund
region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement Les Sables-d'Olonne
Canton Challans
Community association Challans-Gois Communauté
Coordinates 46 ° 52 ′  N , 1 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 52 ′  N , 1 ° 45 ′  W
height 17-64 m
surface 21.51 km 2
Residents 1,876 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 87 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 85300
INSEE code
Website http://www.froidfond.fr/

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Froidfond is a French commune with 1,876 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 Challans . The inhabitants are called Froidfondais .

geography

Froidfond is about 33 kilometers northwest of La Roche-sur-Yon . Froidfond is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Garnache in the north and west, Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte in the north-east, Touvois in the east and north-east, Falleron in the east and south-east, Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron in the south and south-east and Challans in the southwest.

history

In the Battle of La Chauvière on February 28, 1796, the republican troops defeated the Vendée insurgents here.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
796 756 743 820 878 929 1,204 1,720
Source: Cassini and INSEE

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 100-101.

Web links

Commons : Froidfond  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files