Mouilleron-le-Captif
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Canton | La Roche-sur-Yon-1 | |
| Community association | La Roche-sur-Yon agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 43 ′ N , 1 ° 27 ′ W | |
| height | 49-83 m | |
| surface | 19.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,928 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 250 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85000 | |
| INSEE code | 85155 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-mouilleronlecaptif.fr/ | |
Mouilleron-le-Captif is a French municipality with 4928 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . Mouilleron-le-Captif belongs to the Arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the Canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-1 . The inhabitants are called Mouilleronnais .
geography
Mouilleron-le-Captif is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Le Poiré-sur-Vie in the north and north-west, Dompierre-sur-Yon in the north-east, La Roche-sur-Yon in the east and south, Venansault in the south-west and La Génétouze in the west.
population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2017 |
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| 1.014 | 1,124 | 1,894 | 2,927 | 3,238 | 3,493 | 4,085 | 4,723 | 4,928 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Vendéspace, sports palace (built in 2009/10, opened in 2012) with an area of 21,000 m² and a capacity for between 3,000 and 5,000 spectators
Sports
In 2016, the European Badminton Championships will take place here in the Vendéspace. Mouilleron-le-Captif has also hosted a tennis tournament as part of the ATP Challenger Tour since 2013 .
Community partnerships
Mouilleron-le-Captif has a partnership with the German municipality of Rommerskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Personalities
- Thomas Voeckler (* 1979), racing cyclist (lives in Mouilleron-le-Captif)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 853-856.
