Saint-Étienne-du-Bois, Vendée

Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Commune
The washing house
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
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Coordinates: 46°49′55″N 1°35′37″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Challans
Intercommunality	Vie et Boulogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Airiau[1]
Area ^1	29.44 km^2 (11.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,191
• Density	74/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85210 /85670
Elevation	17–64 m (56–210 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Étienne-du-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿etjɛn dy bwa]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,686	—
1975	1,494	−1.71%
1982	1,478	−0.15%
1990	1,416	−0.53%
1999	1,451	+0.27%
2007	1,666	+1.74%
2012	2,028	+4.01%
2017	2,101	+0.71%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places and Monuments

The Chapel of Tulévrière ^[4]

In the hamlet of Tulévrière, stands a small chapel, only monument Catholic erected during the Vendée wars . It was erected by the inhabitants of the locality, at the request of the priest Alexandre Ténèbre, refractory priest in 1794 who gave it the name "Our Lady of Martyrs of Lower Poitou".

Inaugurated on 29 December 1794, it was intended to thank the Virgin of the protection afforded to the village during the passage of infernal columns in March of that year.

Rebuilt in 1835, it was decorated with stained glass for the occasion

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "French Wikipedia"