Sallertaine
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Vendée | |
Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
Canton | Challans | |
Community association | Challans-Gois Communauté | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 52 ′ N , 1 ° 57 ′ W | |
height | 0-18 m | |
surface | 49.45 km 2 | |
Residents | 3,099 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 63 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 85300 | |
INSEE code | 85280 | |
Website | http://www.sallertaine.fr/ | |
Old postcard view with the town hall of Sallertaine |
Sallertaine is a French village with 3,099 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 Challans . The inhabitants are called Sallertainois .
geography
Sallertaine is located in the northwest of the department. Sallertaine is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Gervais in the north and north-west, Châteauneuf in the north and north-east, La Garnache in the east and north-east, Challans in the east and south-east, Le Perrier in the south, Saint-Jean-de-Monts in the south-west, La Barre -de-Monts to the west and Saint-Urbain to the west and northwest.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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1,844 | 1,784 | 2,080 | 2,325 | 2,245 | 2,235 | 2,628 | 2,832 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Sallertaine
- Saint-Martin church from the 12th century
- Saint-Martin church from 1911
- Raire Mill, mentioned since 1560
- Arnaudeau Mill
- town hall
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 104-113.