Montaigu

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Montaigu

Total population

20,605

Air quality index

20Good

Coordinates46.98°, -1.31°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Montaigu 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Maxime Bossis

French football player and manager (born 1955)

Louis-Marie Baudouin

French Catholic priest

Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux

French politician (1753-1824)

Jean-Yves Saunier

Charles-Henri de La Roche-Saint-André

French soldier, politician and officer

Charles Dugast-Matifeux

French historian (1812-1894)

Claude-René Pâris

French military personnel (1736-1795)

D

Dominique Caillaud

French politician

Gilles de la Roche-Saint-André

French admiral

J

Jacques Gabriel du Chaffault

French politician and soldier (1769–1849)

J

Joël Bossis

footballer

J

Jérôme Foucher

French actor

Louis Charles du Chaffault de Besné

French Navy officer of the 18th century

N

Nanine Souvestre-Papot

French woman of letters (1806-1886)

P

Paul Boutin

French Catholic priest

P

Philippe Charles Aimé Goupilleau de Montaigu

French politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pays de la Loire

• Vieillevigne
  5.6 mi away · pop. 4,070
• Remouillé
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,941
• Gorges
  8.6 mi away · pop. 4,976
• Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine
  9.8 mi away · pop. 3,590
• Torfou
  10.1 mi away · pop. 2,090
• Monnières
  11 mi away · pop. 2,329
• Château-Thébaud
  11.5 mi away · pop. 3,147
• Beaurepaire
  11.5 mi away · pop. 2,426
• Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls
  12.4 mi away · pop. 1,120
• Saint-Colomban
  13 mi away · pop. 3,485
• Vendrennes
  13.7 mi away · pop. 1,791
• La Chapelle-Heulin
  13.9 mi away · pop. 3,420

Browse all places in Pays de la Loire →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Seen 2026-09-26

white campion

Silene latifolia

Seen 2026-09-26

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-24

Yellow Shell Moth

Camptogramma bilineata

Seen 2026-09-23

House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Seen 2026-09-21

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-20

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-09-20

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Seen 2026-09-18

bittersweet nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Montaigu, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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