La Bretonnière-la-Claye
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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 ° 29 ′ N , 1 ° 15 ′ W | |
| height | 0-33 m | |
| surface | 16.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 575 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 35 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85320 | |
| INSEE code | 85036 | |
.JPG) Town hall in La Claye |
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La Bretonnière-la-Claye is a French municipality with 575 inhabitants (at 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 . The inhabitants are called Bretons or Clayois .
geography
La Bretonnière-la-Claye is located about 20 kilometers south-southeast of La Roche-sur-Yon . The Lay limits the community in the west and northwest, into which the Yon flows here in the northwest . La Bretonnière-la-Claye is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Couture in the north, Péault in the north and northeast, Les Magnils-Reigniers in the east, Chasnais in the southeast, Lairoux in the south, Curzon and Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais in the southwest, Saint -Vincent-sur-Graon and Le Champ-Saint-Père to the west and north-west and Rosnay to the north-west.
history
In 2000, the previously independent municipalities of La Bretonnière and La Claye were combined to form today's municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 363 | 332 | 295 | 325 | 403 | 442 | 614 | 604 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in La Bretonnière-la-Claye
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in La Bretonnière
- Saint-Hilaire church in La Claye
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
Saint-Hilaire church
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 490-494.
