Montournais

Montournais
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Les Herbiers
Community association	Pays de Pouzauges
Coordinates	46 ° 45 ′  N , 0 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 45 ′  N , 0 ° 46 ′  W
height	103-251 m
surface	29.14 km 2
Residents	1,663 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85700
INSEE code	85147
Website	http://www.montournais.fr/

Montournais is a French village with 1,663 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 ).

geography

Montournais is about 50 kilometers east of La Roche-sur-Yon . The Lay forms the southern municipal boundary. Montournais is surrounded by the Pouzauges in the north and northwest, Saint-Mesmin in the north, Saint-André-sur-Sèvre in the east and northeast, Menomblet in the east, Réaumur in the south and southwest and La Meilleraie-Tillay in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	1,778	1,782	1,648	1,642	1,717	1,714	1,754	1,710
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Montournais

• Notre-Dame church from the 11th century with renovations from the 15th century
• La Tourtelière castle from the 19th century
• Maison-Neuve Castle from the 15th century

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  Portal of the Church of Notre-Dame

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  Maison Neuve Castle

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 782-785.

Web links

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