L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
| Canton | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez | |
| Community association | Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 40 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ W | |
| height | 2-49 m | |
| surface | 23.22 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,965 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 85 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85220 | |
| INSEE code | 85002 | |
| Website | http://www.laiguillonsurvie.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie |
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L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie is a French commune with 1,965 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie belongs to the Arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the canton of Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez (until 2015: canton of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie ). The municipality is a member of the Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie municipal association . The inhabitants are called Aiguillonais .
geography
L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie is located near the Atlantic coast and is bounded in the south by the Jaunay . L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Réverend in the north, Coëx in the northeast, La Chapelle-Hermier in the east, Landevieille in the southeast, La Chaize-Giraud in the south, Bretignolles-sur-Mer in the west and southwest as well Givrand to the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,025 | 975 | 1,394 | 1,483 | 993 | 1.109 | 1,521 | 1,821 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame Church, built in 1888
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 995-996.
