L'Hermenault

L'Hermenault
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	La Châtaigneraie
Community association	Pays de Fontenay-Vendée
Coordinates	46 ° 31 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 31 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  W
height	22-72 m
surface	11.42 km 2
Residents	913 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	80 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85570
INSEE code	85110

L'Hermenault is a French municipality with 913 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the canton of La Châtaigneraie in the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte . Until 2015 it was the main town (chief lieu) of the canton L'Hermenault . It is bordered by Saint-Valérien to the north-west, Saint-Martin-des-Fontaines to the north, Marsais-Sainte-Radégonde to the north-east, Sérigné to the south-east, Petosse to the south and Pouillé to the south-west .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2014
Residents	809	832	864	914	855	843	851	872

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in L'Hermenault

• Former fort , dating back to the 15th century, still present as a castle today
• Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church, Monument historique

Interior of the Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 359-362.

Web links

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