Pouzauges

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Pouzauges

Total population

5,597

Elevation92 m

Land area36.65 km²

Coordinates46.78°, -0.84°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pouzauges is a commune in the Vendée département in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Achille Daroux

French politician (1880–1953)

A

Arthur Alquier

French politician (1827-1871)

Jean de Tinguy du Pouët

French politician (1875-1951)

P

Pierre Menanteau

French poet (1895–1992)

R

Raymond Brosseau

French politician (1915-1980)

R

René Truhaut

French toxicologist (1909–1994)

Raoul de Vexiau

French politician (1841-1929)

J

Jean-Paul Vincendeau

French racing driver

P

Paul Prosper Tillier

French painter (1834–1915)

L

Louis Loyau

French politician

Léon Audé

French politician

R

Roch-Sylvestre Grignon de Pouzauges

Stanislas-Gabriel-Henri Baudry

Roman Catholic bishop

C

Clément Fabre de La Grange

D

Dominique Paillat

French politician

Louis Victor Alquier

French admiral

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

Nearby places in Pays de la Loire

• Le Boupère
  4.3 mi away · pop. 3,189
• Les Epesses
  7.6 mi away · pop. 2,984
• Mallièvre
  8.9 mi away · pop. 241
• Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin
  8.9 mi away · pop. 1,327
• Sigournais
  8.9 mi away · pop. 946
• Saint-Maurice-le-Girard
  9.7 mi away · pop. 598
• Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay
  9.8 mi away · pop. 1,606
• La Châtaigneraie
  10.3 mi away · pop. 2,596
• Mouchamps
  10.7 mi away · pop. 2,957
• La Jaudonnière
  11.3 mi away · pop. 623
• Antigny
  11.7 mi away · pop. 1,043
• Sainte-Cécile
  13.4 mi away · pop. 1,584

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

Radiated Wolf Spider

Hogna radiata

Seen 2026-09-21

Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus

Carpocoris mediterraneus atlanticus

Seen 2026-09-14

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-14

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus terrestris

Seen 2026-09-14

Southern Darter

Sympetrum meridionale

Seen 2026-09-14

Migrant Spreadwing

Lestes barbarus

Seen 2026-09-14

Oberthür's grizzled skipper

Pyrgus armoricanus

Seen 2026-09-14

Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Seen 2026-09-14

Green-veined White

Pieris napi

Seen 2026-09-14

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

Official Identifiers