Mouilleron-Saint-Germain
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte | |
| Canton | La Châtaigneraie | |
| Community association | Pays de la Châtaigneraie | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 51 ′ W | |
| height | 60-182 m | |
| surface | 28.40 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,845 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85390 | |
| INSEE code | 85154 | |
Mouilleron-Saint-Germain is a French commune in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte is part of the canton of La Châtaigneraie . The inhabitants are called Mouilleronais-Germinois .
Mouilleron-Saint-Germain was formed as a commune nouvelle on January 1, 2016 from the municipalities of Mouilleron-en-Pareds and Saint-Germain-l'Aiguiller . The seat of today's municipality is in the district of Mouilleron-en-Pareds.
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mouilleron-en-Pareds (administrative headquarters) | 85154 | 19.97 | 1,370 |
| Saint-Germain-l'Aiguiller | 85219 | 8.43 | 469 |
geography
Mouilleron-Saint-Germain is about 25 kilometers north of the city center of Fontenay-le-Comte . The Vendée crosses the commune. Mouilleron-Saint-Germain is surrounded by the neighboring communities Tallud-Sainte-Gemme in the north and north-west, Réaumur in the north and north-east, Cheffois in the east, Saint-Maurice-le-Girard in the south and south-east and Bazoges-en-Pareds in the west and Southwest.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Mouilleron-Saint-Germain
- Churches of Saint-Hilaire in Mouilleron and Saint-Germain
- National Museum Clemenceau-de-Lattre in Mouilleron
- Hill of Mills
- 17th century mansion of Le Vigneau in Saint-Germain
- Beauregard mansion in Saint-Germain
- Domain of Saint-Sauveur in Saint-Germain
Personalities
- Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), politician, a. a. prime minister
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889–1952), General
- Bernard de Lattre de Tassigny (1928–1951), lieutenant, son of Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016