Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
| Canton | Challans | |
| Community association | Vie et Boulogne | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 48 ′ N , 1 ° 40 ′ W | |
| height | 12-71 m | |
| surface | 16.58 km 2 | |
| Residents | 811 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 49 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85670 | |
| INSEE code | 85260 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-paul-mont-penit.net/ | |
Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit is a municipality with 811 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the western French department of Vendée 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 ). The inhabitants are called chapellois .
location
Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit is located about 22 kilometers northwest of La Roche-sur-Yon . The Petite Boulogne River limits the municipality to the east and south-east. Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Falleron in the north, Grand'Landes in the northeast, Palluau in the east, La Chapelle-Palluau in the south and southeast, Maché in the south and southwest and Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron in the west .
Population development
| year | 1793 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 350 | 689 | 772 | 556 | 548 | 527 | 462 | 452 | 504 | 488 | 591 | 801 |
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Attractions
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- Saint Paul Church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 731-732.
