L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte | |
| Canton | Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais | |
| Community association | Sud Vendée Littoral | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 20 ′ N , 1 ° 18 ′ W | |
| height | 0-8 m | |
| surface | 8.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,081 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 238 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85460 | |
| INSEE code | 85001 | |
| Website | http://www.laiguillonsurmer.fr | |
 View of the center of L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer |
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L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer is a western French municipality with 2081 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte and the canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (until 2015: canton of Luçon ). The inhabitants are called Aiguillonnais .
location
L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer is located on the Atlantic coast in the Vendée countryside . Here the river Lay flows into the Atlantic Ocean. L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Grues in the north and north-west, Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm in the east and La Faute-sur-Mer in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,763 | 1,951 | 2.117 | 2.152 | 2.175 | 2,206 | 2,283 | 2.214 |
Attractions
- Saint-Nicolas church
- Mill
- Port facilities and quays
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : A lion with a golden crown on a blue background .
Personalities
- Louis Chevalier (1911–2001), social historian
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the British community of Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex (England) .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 417-418.
