Poiroux

Poiroux
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 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

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.

Web links

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