Mervent

Mervent
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Fontenay-le-Comte
Community association	Pays de Fontenay-Vendée
Coordinates	46 ° 31 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 31 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  W
height	13-112 m
surface	22.23 km 2
Residents	1,050 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	47 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85200
INSEE code	85143
Château de la Citardière

Mervent is a French commune with 1,050 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte and the canton of Fontenay-le-Comte .

history

Mervent lies on the heights of a wooded massif at the mouth of the Mère River in the Vendée ; as early as the 6th century BC There was a fortified settlement here, the only known settlement in western France from this period. The first excavations took place in spring 2008. Today the Mère is dammed by the Barrage de Mervent .

Population development

• 1962: 912
• 1968: 938
• 1975: 844
• 1982: 890
• 1990: 1023
• 1999: 1059

From 1962 only residents with primary residence

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Mervent

• The Château de la Citardière in the Renaissance style - Monument historique
• The ruins of the old castle that was destroyed by the English.
• The Forêt domaniale de Mervent-Vouvant.

Personalities

• Père Louis Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716)

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 1063-1065.

Web links

Commons : Mervent  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles de la Loire
2. ↑ Château de la Citardière in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)