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La Boissière-de-Montaigu

Coordinates: 46°57′06″N 1°11′24″W / 46.9517°N 1.19°W / 46.9517; -1.19
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La Boissière-de-Montaigu
The church of Our Lady of the Assumption, in La Boissière-de-Montaigu
The church of Our Lady of the Assumption, in La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Coat of arms of La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Location of La Boissière-de-Montaigu
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La Boissière-de-Montaigu is located in France
La Boissière-de-Montaigu
La Boissière-de-Montaigu
La Boissière-de-Montaigu is located in Pays de la Loire
La Boissière-de-Montaigu
La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Coordinates: 46°57′06″N 1°11′24″W / 46.9517°N 1.19°W / 46.9517; -1.19
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentVendée
ArrondissementLa Roche-sur-Yon
CantonMontaigu-Vendée
IntercommunalityCA Terres de Montaigu
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Anthony Bonnet[1]
Area
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29.1 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,279
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
85025 /85600
Elevation35–97 m (115–318 ft)
(avg. 84 m or 276 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-de-Montaigu (French pronunciation: [la bwasjɛʁ mɔ̃tɛɡy], literally La Boissière of Montaigu) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

History

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Within the border of the commune, axes, potteries and engraved rocks attest to the presence of man between 3500 and 2800 BC.

Places of interest

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Château d' Asson: 15th and 18th centuries. Devastated during the War of Vendée.

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1800 360—    
1806 847+15.33%
1821 1,055+1.47%
1831 1,109+0.50%
1836 1,127+0.32%
1841 1,133+0.11%
1846 1,221+1.51%
1851 1,276+0.89%
1856 1,324+0.74%
1861 1,398+1.09%
1866 1,496+1.36%
1872 1,507+0.12%
1876 1,606+1.60%
1881 1,533−0.93%
1886 1,607+0.95%
1891 1,567−0.50%
1896 1,531−0.46%
1901 1,561+0.39%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 1,583+0.28%
1911 1,515−0.87%
1921 1,404−0.76%
1926 1,381−0.33%
1931 1,388+0.10%
1936 1,390+0.03%
1946 1,344−0.34%
1954 1,334−0.09%
1962 1,453+1.07%
1968 1,383−0.82%
1975 1,430+0.48%
1982 1,500+0.69%
1990 1,584+0.68%
1999 1,568−0.11%
2007 1,957+2.81%
2012 2,200+2.37%
2017 2,251+0.46%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Boissière-de-Montaigu, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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