La Boissière-en-Gâtine

La Boissière-en-Gâtine
Commune
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Coordinates: 46°33′25″N 0°22′06″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Parthenay
Canton	La Gâtine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yannick Pacreau
Area 1	10.98 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	230
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	79040 /79310
Elevation	118–218 m (387–715 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Boissière-en-Gâtine is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Histoire

There used to be a commandery of the Knights Templar, which later passed to the Hospitallers, hence the name L'Hôpiteau de la Boissière-en-Gâtine.

Administration

Liste des maires successifs

Term		Name
2001	2008	Gérard Boutin
2008	2018 (démission)	Yannick Pacreau
2018		Thierry Deligné

Demographics

From the 21st century, the actual censuses of municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants take place every five years. For La Boissière-en-Gâtine, this corresponds to 2004, 2009, 2014, etc. The other “census” dates (2006, 2009, etc.) are legal estimates.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 399 —     1800 441 +10.5% 1806 410 −7.0% 1821 444 +8.3% 1831 471 +6.1% 1836 510 +8.3% 1841 508 −0.4% 1846 544 +7.1% 1851 525 −3.5% 1856 488 −7.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1861 480 −1.6% 1866 474 −1.2% 1872 470 −0.8% 1876 500 +6.4% 1881 471 −5.8% 1886 499 +5.9% 1891 519 +4.0% 1896 510 −1.7% 1901 508 −0.4% 1906 519 +2.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1911 507 −2.3% 1921 495 −2.4% 1926 452 −8.7% 1931 461 +2.0% 1936 452 −2.0% 1946 445 −1.5% 1954 411 −7.6% 1962 423 +2.9% 1968 346 −18.2% 1975 301 −13.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1982 302 +0.3% 1990 277 −8.3% 1999 251 −9.4% 2004 255 +1.6% 2009 234 −8.2% 2014 245 +4.7% 2017 246 +0.4%

Économie

The village has an economic activity based on agriculture, especially livestock. The main employer in the commune is the company Boye Accouvage, which employs about a hundred people.

Lieux et monuments

L'église Saint-Martin classée monument historique date du 12e siècle.

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

A small Hamlet of La Boissiere en Gatine and although in a rural setting, it is not isolated as it is close to the Towns of Secondigny and medieval town of Partaney in the Deux Sevres, Nouvelle Aquitaine. With its many small hamlets such as the lovely Puy Robin set in the beautiful Gatine hill.

References

• INSEE

External links

• Media related to La Boissière-en-Gâtine at Wikimedia Commons