Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt

Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Canton	Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Community association	Vendée Grand Littoral
Coordinates	46 ° 27 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 27 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W
height	2–38 m
surface	10.88 km 2
Residents	802 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	74 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85440
INSEE code	85231
Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt

Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt is a French commune with 1,430 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . Landevieille belongs to the Arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the canton of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire . The inhabitants are called Révérendais .

geography

Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt is located about 25 kilometers south-southwest of La Roche-sur-Yon near the Atlantic coast . Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Poiroux in the north, Avrillé in the east and northeast, Longeville-sur-Mer in the southeast, Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard in the south and southwest and Talmont-Saint-Hilaire in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	315	266	260	289	363	423	560	814
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Menhir La Rainière ( Monument historique )
• archaeological site from the Neolithic
• Saint-Hilaire church

Saint-Hilaire church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 1145-1146.

Web links

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