Montaigu-Vendée

Montaigu-Vendée
Montaigu-Vendée
Commune
	The Château de Montaigu
	Location of Montaigu-Vendée
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	Coordinates: 46°58′27″N 1°18′49″W / 46.97417°N 1.31361°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
Area 1	117.92 km2 (45.53 sq mi)
Population (2022)	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.

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]

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]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ Préfecture de la Vendée (20 April 2017). Arrêté n° 17 - DRCTAJ/2 - 129 portant création de la commune nouvelle " Montaigu-Vendée " (PDF) (in French). La Roche-sur-Yon. p. 30.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE