Saint-Etienne-du-Bois (Vendée)

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Saint-Etienne-du-Bois
Coat of arms of Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Saint-Etienne-du-Bois (France)
Saint-Etienne-du-Bois
region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton Challans
Community association Vie et Boulogne
Coordinates 46 ° 50 ′  N , 1 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′  N , 1 ° 36 ′  W
height 17-64 m
surface 29.44 km 2
Residents 2,101 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 71 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 85670
INSEE code
Website http://www.stetiennedubois-vendee.fr/

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Saint-Étienne-du-Bois is a French commune with 2,101 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vendée department in the southwest of the Pays de la Loire region . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of Challans (until 2015: canton Palluau ).

geography

Saint-Étienne-du-Bois is about 42 kilometers south of Nantes . Saint-Étienne-du-Bois is surrounded by the neighboring communities Legé in the north, Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne in the northeast, Beaufou in the east, Palluau in the south, Saint-Paul-Mont-Petit in the southwest and Grand'Landes in the west and southwest .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,679 1,686 1,494 1,478 1,416 1,451 1,640 2,028

Attractions

Chapel of La Tulévrière

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 720-730.

Web links

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