Puyravault (Vendée)

Puyravault
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Luçon
Community association	Sud Vendée Littoral
Coordinates	46 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 23 ′  N , 1 ° 5 ′  W
height	0-7 m
surface	17.07 km 2
Residents	663 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85450
INSEE code	85185
Website	http://www.puyravault-vendee.fr/

Puyravault is a French municipality with 663 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Vendée in Région Pays de la Loire . Moreilles belongs to the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte and the canton of Luçon (until 2015: canton of Chaillé-les-Marais ). The inhabitants are called Puyravaultais .

location

Puyravault is located about 22 kilometers north-northeast of La Rochelle in the Marais Poitevin at the mouth of the Sèvre Niortaise . Puyravault is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Moreilles in the north, Sainte-Radégonde-des-Noyers in the east, Charron in the south and south-east and Champagné-les-Marais in the west.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
389	351	348	389	438	531	624	686
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Puyravault (Vendée)

• Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church of the Knights Templar from the 12th century, Monument historique

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 78-80.

Web links

Commons : Puyravault  - collection of images, videos and audio files