La Boissière-de-Montaigu

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La Boissière-de-Montaigu is a village and commune of the Vendée department of western France.

Coordinates: 46°57′06″N 1°11′24″W / 46.9516666667, -1.19

Commune of La Boissière-de-Montaigu

Location
La Boissière-de-Montaigu (France)
La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Intercommunality Communauté de Communes Terres de Montaigu
Statistics
Elevation 35 m–97 m
(avg. 84 m)
Land area¹ 29,1 km²
Population²
(1999)
1568
 - Density 53/km²
Miscellaneous
Postal code 85600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

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[edit] Geography

[edit] History

Within the border of the commune, axes, poteries and graved rockes attest the presence of man between -3500 to -2800 BC.

[edit] Places of interest

Château d' Asson: XV and XVIII centuries. Devastated during the War of Vendée.

[edit] Démographie

Change in Population
1789 1802 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
1100 360 1313 1383 1430 1500 1584 1568
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.


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[edit] See also

Communes of the Vendée department

Coordinates: 46°57′N 1°11′W / 46.95, -1.183