Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon
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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 ° 31 ′ N , 1 ° 23 ′ W | |
| height | 0-79 m | |
| surface | 48.79 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,485 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85540 | |
| INSEE code | 85277 | |
| Website | http://www.saintvincentsurgraon.com/ | |
Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon is a French village with 1,485 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 graonnais .
geography
Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon is located about 17 kilometers south of La Roche-sur-Yon am Graon , which with its lakes ( Lac du Graon ) forms the eastern municipal boundary. Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Boissière-des-Landes in the north and north-west, Le Champ-Saint-Père in the east and north-east, La Bretonnière-la-Claye in the south-east, and Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais to the south, Le Givre to the west and south-west, and Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits and Saint-Avaugourd-des-Landes to the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,016 | 927 | 1,000 | 1,020 | 1,031 | 1,062 | 1,277 | 1,389 |
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Attractions
- Menhir from La Chenillée
- Malcôte Chapel
- La Gaudinière Castle
- Bigeoire Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 674-678.
