Puyravault (Vendée)
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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 | |
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
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