Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine

Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Aizenay
Community association	Montaigu-Rocheservière
Coordinates	46 ° 59 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ W Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ W
height	7-55 m
surface	50.16 km 2
Residents	3,424 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	68 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85660
INSEE code	85262
Website	www.saintphilbertdebouaine.fr

Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine is a French commune with 3,424 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of Rocheservière ; from 2015 the canton was dissolved and merged into the canton of Aizenay . The inhabitants are called Philbertins .

geography

Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine is about 35 kilometers north-north-west of La Roche-sur-Yon and 14 kilometers west of Montaigu-Vendée . The Boulogne River borders the municipality to the west; the Issoire flows through the municipality . The community belongs to the Gros Plant du Pays Nantais wine-growing region . This is where the Muscadet is produced. Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Geneston in the north, Montbert in the northeast, La Planche in the east and northeast, Vieillevigne in the east and southeast, Rocheservière in the south, Corcoué-sur-Logne in the west and southwest, and Saint-Colomban in the west and northwest.

The former route nationale 137bis (today's D937) runs through the municipality .

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
1,771	1,810	1.918	2,032	2,105	2,255	2,604	3,145
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Landefrere grotto

12th century church
Landefrere grotto

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 814-816.

Web links

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