Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups

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Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups
Coat of arms of Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups (France)
Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups
region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement Les Sables d'Olonne
Canton Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Community association Pays des Achards
Coordinates 46 ° 37 ′  N , 1 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′  N , 1 ° 35 ′  W
height 14-77 m
surface 36.11 km 2
Residents 2,395 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 66 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 85430
INSEE code
Website http://www.nieul-le-dolent.fr/

Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups is a French village with 2,395 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 Talmont-Saint-Hilaire (until 2015: canton of La Mothe-Achard ). The inhabitants are called Flavois .

geography

Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups is about thirteen kilometers west-southwest of La Roche-sur-Yon and about 19 kilometers northeast of Les Sables-d'Olonne on the Auzance , which rises here. Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Landeronde in the north, Les Clouzeaux in the east, Nieul-le-Dolent in the southeast, Le Girouard in the south, La Chapelle-Achard in the west and southwest, La Mothe-Achard in the west as well Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux to the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,271 1,213 1,145 1,399 1,556 1,579 1.939 2,226

Architectural monuments

See: List of Monuments historiques in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 644-645.

Web links

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