Poiroux
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Vendée | |
Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
Canton | Talmont-Saint-Hilaire | |
Community association | Vendée Grand Littoral | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 30 ′ N , 1 ° 32 ′ W | |
height | 19-74 m | |
surface | 25.38 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,090 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 43 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 85440 | |
INSEE code | 85179 | |
Website | http://www.poiroux.fr/ | |
Mairie Poiroux |
Poiroux (also: Le Poiroux ) is a French municipality with 1090 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . Poiroux belongs to the Arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the canton of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez . The inhabitants are called Pérusiens or Péruviens .
geography
Poiroux is located near the Atlantic coast and about 20 kilometers south-southwest of La Roche-sur-Yon . The Vertonne rises in the extreme northeast of the municipality . The Lac de Finfarine is dammed here. Poiroux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Grosbreuil in the north and north-west, Nieul-le-Dolent in the north-east, Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes in the east, Avrillé in the south-east, Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt in the south and Talmont-Saint-Hilaire in the West and southwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 720 | 630 | 546 | 567 | 585 | 621 | 788 | 947 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Eutrope church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 1142-1144.