Montaigu (Vendée)
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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 ° 19 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 85600 | |
| Former INSEE code | 85146 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Montaigu is a village and a former French commune with 5,197 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 .
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.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 2580 | 3279 | 4797 | 4661 | 4323 | 4708 | 5008 |
Attractions
- City fortifications, demolished in 1586
- Portail Saint-Léonard as the remains of a chapel from 1215
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Personalities
- Louis-Marie Baudoin (1765–1835), founder of the order, born in Montaigu
- Louis-Charles de Besné, comte du Chaffault (1708–1794), lieutenant general, lord of Senardière near Montaigu
- Pierre-Paul Clemenceau (1749–1825), sub-prefect of Montaigu 1800–1808, great-grandfather of Georges Clemenceau , died in Montaigu
- Charles Dugast-Matifeux (1812–1894) historian, born in Montaigu
- Michel-Augustin de Goyon (1764-1851), Unterpréfet von Montaigu 1806-1808
- Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux (1753–1824), revolutionary politician, born in Montaigu
- Charles-Henri, comte de La Roche-Saint-André (1765–1836), Field Marshal, born in Montaigu
- Jacques-Gabriel-Louis Le Clerc, marquis de Juigné, (1727–1807), known as "Le Marquis de Montaigu", lieutenant general,
- Jacques Raillon (1762–1835), pastor of Montaigu, appointed Bishop of Orléans 1810–1814, Bishop of Dijon 1829–1830 , Archbishop of Aix 1830–1835 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 532-535.
Web links
Commons : Montaigu - collection of images, videos and audio files
