La Boissière-de-Montaigu

La Boissière-de-Montaigu

La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Canton Montaigu
Intercommunality Terres de Montaigu
Statistics
Elevation 35–97 m (115–318 ft)
(avg. 84 m/276 ft)
Land area1 29.1 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population2 1,945  (2006)
 - Density 67 /km2 (170 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 85025/ 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Boissière-de-Montaigu is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

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History

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

Places of interest

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

Démographie

Historical population of La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Year 1789 1802 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 1100 360 1313 1383 1430 1500 1584 1568 1945

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