Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay

Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
A road in Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay, around 1900
Location of Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
Coordinates: 47°00′13″N 1°19′47″W / 47.0036°N 1.3297°W / 47.0036; -1.3297
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentVendée
ArrondissementLa Roche-sur-Yon
CantonMontaigu-Vendée
CommuneMontaigu-Vendée
Area
1
40.62 km2 (15.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
4,798
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
85600
Elevation18–72 m (59–236 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ilɛʁ lulɛ]) is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Montaigu-Vendée.[2]

Monuments

The Château de la Preuille, one of the oldest castles in the Loire region, is located here.





Restaurant naming

Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay is the home town of Thierry Rautureau.[3] His restaurant "Loulay" is named to reflect his home town.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ^ "Arrêté du 20 avril 2017 relatif à la désignation des quartiers prioritaires de la politique de la ville". Légifrance (in French). Gouvernement français. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Podcast Player - Seattle Kitchen". mynorthwest.com. Retrieved 2018-06-03.