Saint-Urbain (Vendée)
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Vendée | |
Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Monts | |
Community association | Challans-Gois Communauté | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 53 ′ N , 2 ° 0 ′ W | |
height | 0-11 m | |
surface | 16.39 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,818 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 111 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 85230 | |
INSEE code | 85273 | |
Website | http://www.mairie-sainturbain.info/ | |
Saint-Urbain church |
Saint-Urbain is a French municipality with 1818 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the canton of Saint-Jean-de-Monts (until 2015: canton of Beauvoir-sur-Mer ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Urbainais .
geography
Saint-Urbain is about 51 kilometers southwest of Nantes near the Bay of Biscay . Saint-Urbain is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Gervais in the north, Sallertaine in the east and south, La Barre-de-Monts in the west and south-west, and Beauvoir-sur-Mer in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 595 | 580 | 562 | 565 | 621 | 770 | 1,221 | 1,734 |
Attractions
- Bonnetière Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 52-53.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Urbain - Collection of images, videos and audio files