Mervent
Appearance
Mervent | |
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The Château de la Citardière | |
Coordinates: 46°31′23″N 0°45′19″W / 46.5231°N 0.7553°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Vendée |
Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte |
Canton | Fontenay-le-Comte |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Joël Bobineau[1] |
Area 1 | 22.23 km2 (8.58 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,065 |
• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 85143 /85200 |
Elevation | 13–112 m (43–367 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Mervent (French pronunciation: [mɛʁvɑ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
- The Château de la Citardière
- The Old Castle ruins in the village,
- The church Saint-Medard
- The Mère river.
- The Mervent-Vouvant forest
- The Pierre-Brune recreation park
- The Natur’Zoo.
- The cave where Louis de Montfort (an 18th-century catholic priest) prayed
Main sights
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Mervent's church
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The forest
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Mervent's lake
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The cave of Louis de Monfort
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ From the french article on Mervent
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