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Country
  
France

Canton
  
La Châtaigneraie

INSEE/Postal code
  
85305 /85120

Population
  
867 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Fontenay-le-Comte

Department
  
Vendée

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
20.2 km²

Population (2006)2
  
852

Region
  
Pays de la Loire

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Intercommunality
  
Pays de Fontenay-le-Comte

Vouvant is a commune in the department of Vendée, in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

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Map of 85120 Vouvant, France

Vouvant is labelled as Les Plus Beaux Villages de France, Petite cité de caractère, and the village has obtained two flowers out of five in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris.

It is the only fortified village of Vendée. Its inhabitants are called Vouvantais.

Sites and monuments

Several sites and monuments are present in Vouvant :

  • Castle of the Lusignan : The Tour Mélusine, the fortifications around the village, the Postern. The ancient castle has been classed as a Monument Historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1927.
  • Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Church, classed as a Monument Historique in 1840 by Prosper Mérimée, built in the 11th century under the leadership of William V, Duke of Aquitaine.
  • Romanesque bridge (13th century), classed as a Monument Historique since 1927.
  • Reproduction of the Grotte de Lourdes, on the bank of the Mère river. Realized in 1958.
  • Public washing place.
  • Forest of Mervent-Vouvant, Vendée's largest forest (5 518 ha).

    • References

    Vouvant Wikipedia
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