Mervent
Commune
The Château de la Citardière
Location of Mervent
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Coordinates: 46°31′23″N 0°45′19″W / 46.5231°N 0.7553°W / 46.5231; -0.7553
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Fontenay-le-Comte
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Bobineau[1]
Area 1	22.23 km2 (8.58 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	1,065
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85143 /85200
Elevation	13–112 m (43–367 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mervent (French pronunciation: [mɛʁvɑ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Places and monuments^[3]

• The Château de la Citardière
• The Old Castle ruins in the village,
• The church Saint-Medard
• The Mère river.
• The Mervent-Vouvant forest
• The Pierre-Brune recreation park
• The Natur’Zoo.
• The cave where Louis de Montfort (an 18th-century catholic priest) prayed

Main sights

• 
  Mervent's church
• 
  The forest
• 
  Mervent's lake
• 
  The cave of Louis de Monfort

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

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