La Boissière-de-Montaigu

La Boissière-de-Montaigu (French pronunciation: ​[la bwasjɛʁ də mɔ̃tɛɡy], literally La Boissière of Montaigu) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Commune
The church of Our Lady of the Assumption, in La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Coat of arms
Location of La Boissière-de-Montaigu
La Boissière-de-Montaigu
La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Coordinates: 46°57′06″N 1°11′24″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentVendée
ArrondissementLa Roche-sur-Yon
CantonMontaigu
IntercommunalityMontaigu-Rocheservière
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Anthony Bonnet
Area
1
29.1 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
2,272
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
85025 /85600
Elevation35–97 m (115–318 ft)
(avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Within the border of the commune, axes, potteries and engraved rocks attest to the presence of man between 3500 and 2800 BC.

Places of interest

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

Demography
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1800 360—    
1806 847+15.33%
1821 1,055+1.47%
1831 1,109+0.50%
1836 1,127+0.32%
1841 1,133+0.11%
1846 1,221+1.51%
1851 1,276+0.89%
1856 1,324+0.74%
1861 1,398+1.09%
1866 1,496+1.36%
1872 1,507+0.12%
1876 1,606+1.60%
1881 1,533−0.93%
1886 1,607+0.95%
1891 1,567−0.50%
1896 1,531−0.46%
1901 1,561+0.39%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1906 1,583+0.28%
1911 1,515−0.87%
1921 1,404−0.76%
1926 1,381−0.33%
1931 1,388+0.10%
1936 1,390+0.03%
1946 1,344−0.34%
1954 1,334−0.09%
1962 1,453+1.07%
1968 1,383−0.82%
1975 1,430+0.48%
1982 1,500+0.69%
1990 1,584+0.68%
1999 1,568−0.11%
2007 1,957+2.81%
2012 2,200+2.37%
2017 2,251+0.46%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Boissière-de-Montaigu, EHESS. (in French)
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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