Monsireigne
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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 | |
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