La Boissière-de-Montaigu

La Boissière-de-Montaigu
The church of Our Lady of the Assumption, in La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Coat of arms
La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Location within Pays de la Loire region  La Boissière-de-Montaigu
Coordinates: 46°57′06″N 1°11′24″W / 46.9517°N 1.19°WCoordinates: 46°57′06″N 1°11′24″W / 46.9517°N 1.19°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Canton	Montaigu
Intercommunality	Terres de Montaigu
Area^1	29.1 km^2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,945
• Density	67/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	85025 / 85600
Elevation	35–97 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. ^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.

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

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site
• La Boissière-de-Montaigu on the Quid site
• La Boissière-de-Montaigu on the map of France
• Plan de La Boissière-de-Montaigu on Mapquest
• Ecole Privée
• Course des As