Mortagne-sur-Sèvre

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Commune
The church in the village of Evrunes, in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Coat of arms
Location of Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
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Coordinates: 46°59′33″N 0°57′09″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Intercommunality	Pays de Mortagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Brochoire[1]
Area ^1	21.94 km^2 (8.47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,064
• Density	280/km^2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85151 /85290
Elevation	57–151 m (187–495 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ syʁ sɛvʁ], literally Mortagne on Sèvre) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The commune was formed by the consolidation Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Évrunes and Saint-Hilaire-de-Mortagne in 1964.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,246	—
1975	4,691	+1.43%
1982	5,301	+1.76%
1990	5,724	+0.96%
1999	5,938	+0.41%
2007	6,080	+0.30%
2012	5,992	−0.29%
2017	5,930	−0.21%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE