Sigournais

Sigournais
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Chantonnay
Community association	Pays de Chantonnay
Coordinates	46 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 42 ′  N , 0 ° 59 ′  W
height	42-106 m
surface	18.3 km 2
Residents	896 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85110
INSEE code	85282
Website	http://www.sigournais.fr/

Sigournais is a French municipality with 896 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 La Roche-sur-Yon and is part of the canton of Chantonnay . The inhabitants are called Sigournaisiens .

geography

Sigournais is located about 35 kilometers east-northeast of La Roche-sur-Yon . The municipality is bounded to the east by the river Lay . Sigournais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Prouant in the north, Monsireigne in the east and northeast, Chavagnes-les-Redoux in the east, Bazoges-en-Pareds in the southeast, Chantonnay in the south and southwest and Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay in the west and Northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	789	701	688	761	789	812	828	860
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Sigournais Castle

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Sigournais

• Sigournais Castle, Monument historique and Castle (Château-Neuf) Sigournais
• Jordronnière domain

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 151-154.

Web links

Commons : Sigournais  - collection of images, videos and audio files