La Guyonnière
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| local community | Montaigu-Vendée | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 15 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 85600 | |
| Former INSEE code | 85107 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 La Roche-Thévenin mansion |
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La Guyonnière is a village and a former French commune with 2,738 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belonged to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of Montaigu . The inhabitants are called Guyon (ne) s .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Boufféré , La Guyonnière , Montaigu , Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu and Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Montaigu-Vendée and have the status of a commune in the new municipality déléguée . The administrative headquarters are in Montaigu.
geography
La Guyonnière is located about 38 kilometers south-southeast of Nantes . La Guyonnière is surrounded by the villages of Treize-Septiers in the north and northeast, La Boissière-de-Montaigu in the east and southeast, Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu in the south and southwest, Montaigu in the west and Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay in the Northwest.
The former Route nationale 753 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 988 | 1,048 | 1,091 | 1,554 | 1,983 | 2,343 | 2,621 | 2,746 |
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Attractions
- Church of La Guyonnière
- Le Meslay with Calvaire , chapel and replica of the Lourdes grotto
- Old rectory
- La Roche-Thévenin mansion from the end of the 16th century, rebuilt in the 19th century, monument historique since 1992
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , p. 531.
