Monsireigne

Monsireigne
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Les Herbiers
Community association	Pays de Pouzauges
Coordinates	46 ° 45 ′  N , 0 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 45 ′  N , 0 ° 57 ′  W
height	45-137 m
surface	20.5 km 2
Residents	972 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	47 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85110
INSEE code	85145
Website	http://www.monsireigne.fr/

Monsireigne is a French village with 972 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte and the canton Les Herbiers (until 2015: canton Pouzauges ). The inhabitants are called Sirénémontains .

geography

Monsireigne is located about 40 kilometers east-northeast of La Roche-sur-Yon on the Lay , which borders the municipality to the north. Monsireigne is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Le Boupère in the north, La Meilleraie-Tillay in the east and south-east, Chavagnes-les-Redoux in the south, Sigournais in the south-west and Saint-Prouant in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	841	858	725	703	688	740	809	972
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Menhir La Pierre-Folle
• Church of the Assumption
• Le Bois-Tiffrais museum on the French uprising in the west

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 780-782.

Web links

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