La Garnache
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
| Canton | Challans | |
| Community association | Challans-Gois Communauté | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 53 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ W | |
| height | 8-52 m | |
| surface | 59.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,995 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 84 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85710 | |
| INSEE code | 85096 | |
La Garnache is a French village with 4,995 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the Canton of Challans .
La Garnache is located in the north-west of the Vendée, between the Marais Breton and the Atlantic coast, around 40 km from La Roche-sur-Yon , 60 km from Nantes , Saint-Jean-de-Monts and 35 km from Noirmoutier .
history
The dynasty of the Lords of La Garnache first appeared around 1045 as vassals of the Vice Counts of Thouars ; their possessions extended to La Garnache, Beauvoir-sur-Mer , Bois-de-Céné , the Île d'Yeu , the Île de Noirmoutier , Sallertaine etc. Six lords of La Garnache built their mighty castle until 1214, before the country fell successively to the Lords of Belleville , the House of Clisson and the House of Rohan- Soubise. King Louis XIII finally ordered the fortress to be torn down.
Population development
- 1962: 2,546
- 1968: 2,628
- 1975: 2,807
- 1982: 3.152
- 1990: 3,379
- 1999: 3,576
- 2006: 4,202
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in La Garnache
- Notre-Dame church
- Saint-Léonard gothic chapel
- Castle
- Les Planches and La Poirières castles (19th century)
- Manoir La Vieille-Fonteclose (18th century) ( Monument historique )
- Notre Dame de la Victoire chapel
- Menhir "Pierre-du-Diable" (Monument historique),
- Tumulus La Butte Cavalière, a Merovingian cemetery
Personalities
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 101-103.
