Mouchamps

Mouchamps
The Château of Soubise Park
Mouchamps
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Mouchamps
Coordinates: 46°46′53″N 1°03′42″W / 46.7814°N 1.0617°WCoordinates: 46°46′53″N 1°03′42″W / 46.7814°N 1.0617°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Les Herbiers
Intercommunality	Pays des Herbiers
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Hervé Robineau
Area^1	55 km^2 (21 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	2,628
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	85153 / 85640
Elevation	47–121 m (154–397 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.

Mouchamps is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

The gravesite of the noted French politician, Georges Clemenceau, is located near Mouchamps at the small hamlet of Le Colombier. To get to the gravesite of Clemenceau, follow the D28 road from the center of Mouchamps northeastward approximately two and one-half miles to a road on the right signposted as "La Brachetiere", "La Monceliere", and "Colombier". Very shortly after making that initial right turn, make another right turn at the sign marked "Tombeau de Clemenceau". A separate sign says "Colombier". Continue on that road for approximately one and one-half miles, and the tomb (along with that of his father) is on the left (down a short walk in a small wooded area.)

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

• INSEE