Montaigu-Vendée

Montaigu-Vendée (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɛɡy vɑ̃de]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the communes of Boufféré, La Guyonnière, Montaigu, Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu and Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay.^[3]

Montaigu-Vendée
Commune
The Château de Montaigu
Location of Montaigu-Vendée
Montaigu-Vendée Show map of France Montaigu-Vendée Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 46°58′27″N 1°18′49″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Montaigu-Vendée
Intercommunality	CA Terres de Montaigu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Florent Limouzin[1]
Area 1	117.92 km2 (45.53 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	20,754
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85146 /85600
Elevation	13–84 m (43–276 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.
1968	9,057	—
1975	11,142	+3.00%
1982	12,474	+1.63%
1990	13,736	+1.21%
1999	15,562	+1.40%
2007	17,925	+1.78%
2012	19,383	+1.58%
2017	20,126	+0.76%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Montaigu-Vendée at 1 January 2020, INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department