Vouillé (Vienne)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Poitiers | |
| Canton | Vouneuil-sous-Biard | |
| Community association | Haut-Poitou | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 38 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 97-155 m | |
| surface | 33.95 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,701 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 109 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86190 | |
| INSEE code | 86294 | |
| Website | www.mairie-vouille.fr | |
Vouillé is a French commune with 3,701 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) on the banks of the river Auxance near Poitiers in the department of Vienne , Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the canton of Vouneuil-sous-Biard .
coat of arms
Description : Three golden lilies arranged in a triangle in blue , the lower one in the middle of the golden capital letters S and R.
history
In 507 the Battle of Vouillé ( Proelium Vogladense ) is said to have taken place here, in which the Frankish King Clovis defeated the Visigoths .
However, it is also believed that the site of the battle was not Vouillé, but Voulon . While Vouillé is about 15 km northwest of Poitiers, Voulon is about 16 km south of Poitiers.
The distance from the battlefield of Poitiers is given by Gregory of Tours as 10 miles (" in campo Vogladense decimo ab urbe Pictava miliario ").
In 1831 a stone meteorite weighing around 20 kilograms fell near Vouillé and was classified as L6 chondrite .
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 1,414 | 1,456 | 1,788 | 2,380 | 2,574 | 2,774 | 3,498 |
Partnerships
Since 1987 Braunsbach in Germany and since 2005 the Spanish community Molina de Aragón in Castile-La Mancha are partner communities of Vouillé.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Vouillé. Meteoritical Bulletin, accessed July 8, 2020 .
- ^ Vouillé website