Vouillé-les-Marais
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Vendée | |
Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte | |
Canton | Luçon | |
Community association | Sud Vendée Littoral | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 23 ′ N , 0 ° 58 ′ W | |
height | 0-12 m | |
surface | 9.14 km 2 | |
Residents | 755 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 83 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 85450 | |
INSEE code | 85304 | |
Website | http://www.vouille-les-marais.com/ |
Vouillé-les-Marais is a French commune with a population of 755 (as at 1st January 2017) in Vendée , in the Région Pays de la Loire . Vouillé-les-Marais belongs to the Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte and the canton Luçon (until 2015: canton Chaillé-les-Marais ). The inhabitants are called Vouillezais .
location
Vouillé-les-Marais is about 29 kilometers north-northeast of La Rochelle . Vouillé-les-Marais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Le Langon in the north, Le Taillée in the east, Marans in the south and Chaillé-les-Marais in the west.
The former route nationale 137 (today's D137) runs through the municipality .
Population development
1846 | 1901 | 1921 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
1,675 | 1,574 | 585 | 444 | 390 | 391 | 460 | 528 | 529 | 642 | 728 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
(since 1962 without second homes)
Attractions
- Saint-Maxent Church ( Monument historique )
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 88-89.
Web links
Commons : Vouillé-les-Marais - Collection of images, videos and audio files