Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables d'Olonne | |
| Canton | Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais | |
| Community association | Vendée Grand Littoral | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 25 ′ N , 1 ° 21 ′ W | |
| height | 1–26 m | |
| surface | 15.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 474 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85540 | |
| INSEE code | 85201 | |
| Website | http://www.saintbenoistsurmer.fr/ | |
Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer is a French village with 474 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Les Sables d'Olonne and the canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (until 2015: canton of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits ). The inhabitants are called Bénédictins .
geography
Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer is located near the Bay of Biscay , about 27 kilometers south-southeast of La Roche-sur-Yon on the salt marshes of the Lay . Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of La Jonchère in the north and north-west, Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais in the north and north-east, Curzon in the north-east, Lairoux in the east and north-east, and Saint-Denis-du-Payré in the east and southeast, Grues in the south and Angles in the west and southwest.
history
A Roman port may have existed here between the first and third centuries AD.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 399 | 350 | 303 | 314 | 283 | 319 | 338 | 402 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Benoît church, originally built in the 11th century, occupied by the Huguenots at the beginning of the 17th century , recaptured by the royalists a little later (1621), monument historique since 1957
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 668-671.
