Mervent

Mervent (French pronunciation: [mɛʁvɑ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Mervent
Commune
The Château de la Citardière
Location of Mervent
Mervent Show map of France Mervent Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 46°31′23″N 0°45′19″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  (2022)[2]	1,073
• Density	48/km2 (130/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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2011	1,060	—
2016	1,049	−0.21%
2022	1,073	+0.38%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places and monuments

• 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

• 
  Mervent's church
• 
  The forest
• 
  Mervent's lake
• 
  The cave of Louis de Monfort

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department