Mouchamps
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Canton | Les Herbiers | |
| Community association | Pays des Herbiers | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 47 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ W | |
| height | 47-121 m | |
| surface | 55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,886 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85640 | |
| INSEE code | 85153 | |
| Website | http://www.mouchamps.com | |
Mouchamps is a French village with 2,886 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of Les Herbiers .
Neighboring communities
- Les Herbiers
- Saint-Paul-en-Pareds
- Le Boupère
- Rochetrejoux
- Saint-Prouant
- Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay
- Saint-Vincent-Sterlanges
- Sainte-Cécile
- L'Oie
- Vendrennes
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
| Residents | 2554 | 2434 | 2235 | 2293 | 2398 | 2442 | 2580 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Mouchamps
- Grave of Georges Clemenceau
- Le Parc Soubise castle (end of the 18th century, monument historique )
- Masson Castle
- Logis du Colombier, owned by the Clemenceau family
Clemenceau's grave
Le Parc Soubise castle
Personalities
- Gui L'Archevêque, Seigneur de Soubise , de Taillebourg et de Mouchamps 1327/63
- François Viète (Vieta, 1540–1603), mathematician, wrote his first work in Mouchamps
- Catherine de Parthenay (1554–1631), humanist and writer, born and died in Mouchamps
- Pierre-Paul Clemenceau (1749–1825), Mayor of Mouchamps
- Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), President of the Republic, buried in Mouchamps
- René Guilbaud (1890–1928), pilot, missing as Roald Amundsen's companion in search of Umberto Nobile , born in Mouchamps
- André Ducasse (* 1894 in Mouchamps), writer, Knight of the Legion of Honor
- Antoine Dubreil (1897–1982), racing car driver
- Frédéric Bourdin (* 1974), criminal ("The Chameleon"), grew up in Mouchamps
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 333-342.
Web links
Commons : Mouchamps - collection of images, videos and audio files
