Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables d'Olonne | |
| Canton | Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais | |
| Community association | Vendée Grand Littoral | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 30 ′ N , 1 ° 26 ′ W | |
| height | 17-71 m | |
| surface | 9.23 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,128 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 231 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85540 | |
| INSEE code | 85156 | |
| Website | http://www.moutiers-les-mauxfaits.fr/ | |
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is a French village with 2,128 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Les Sables d'Olonne and the canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (until 2015: canton of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits ). The inhabitants are called Moutierrois . Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is Althengstett's partner municipality in Baden-Württemberg .
geography
Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is located near the coast of the Bay of Biscay . The Troussepoil River runs through the municipality . Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes in the north and north-west, Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon in the north and north-east, Le Givre in the east and south-east and Le Bernard in the south and south-west.
The former Route nationale 747 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 922 | 1.003 | 1,261 | 1,259 | 1,348 | 1,419 | 1,630 | 1.991 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jacques church, monument historique since 1908
- La Cantaudière castle from the Renaissance (16th century), monument historique since 1978
- Market hall from the 18th century, monument historique since 1943
- Wash house
- Arboretum
Saint-Jacques church
La Cantaudière Castle
Market hall
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 664-667.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Our community: twin town. Althengstett community, accessed on October 28, 2019 .