Velluire
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| local community | Les Velluire-sur-Vendée | |
| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 24 ′ N , 0 ° 54 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 85770 | |
| Former INSEE code | 85299 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | velluire.free.fr | |
.jpg) Town Hall (Mairie) of Velluire |
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Velluire is a former French community and today's commune Déléguée in Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it is part of the arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte and the canton of Fontenay-le-Comte . It was merged with Le Poiré-sur-Velluire to form the Commune nouvelle Les Velluire-sur-Vendée with effect from January 1, 2019 . The inhabitants are called Velluirois .
geography
Velluire is located about 30 kilometers west-northwest of Niort and about 50 kilometers southeast of La Roche-sur-Yon on the Vendée , which borders the Commune déléguée in the west. Velluire is surrounded by the towns of Le Poiré-sur-Velluire in the north and west, Chaix in the north-east, Montreuil in the east, Vix in the south-east, Le Gué-de-Velluire in the south and south-west and La Taillée in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 504 | 420 | 400 | 492 | 514 | 508 | 508 | 623 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-l'Évangeliste church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 298-302.
