Saint-André-sur-Sèvre

Saint-André-sur-Sèvre
Commune
Location of Saint-André-sur-Sèvre
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Coordinates: 46°47′03″N 0°40′39″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement	Bressuire
Canton	Cerizay
Intercommunality	CA Bocage Bressuirais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dany Grellier[1]
Area ^1	19.85 km^2 (7.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	642
• Density	32/km^2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	79236 /79380
Elevation	146–212 m (479–696 ft) (avg. 179 m or 587 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-André-sur-Sèvre is a commune located northwest of the Deux-Sèvres department, in western France.

Geography

This territory is called « Gâtine », and close to the limits of the Vendée in the « High-Bocage » Vendée.

The elevation ranges from 146 meters to 212 meters on the granite massif of the municipality, the average elevation is 179 meters.

The municipality's municipal area covers 1,985 hectares.

History

Hundred Years' War

The conflict between the Plantagenets and the Capetians, which opposed the English and the French, partly took place in Poitou, Normandy and Aquitaine.

War in the Vendée

In 1793, during the war in the Vendée: passage of the Infernal Columns to the castle of Saint-Mesmin; a courier from Parthenay announces that the enemy, the Republicans nicknamed the blues, surrounds Chataignieraie, then this army of the revolution seizes Reaumur, Montournay, Mouilleron, Chavaigne, Tillais and Saint-Mesmin.

Places and monuments

• Castle of Saint-Mesmin at the foot of which flows the river the Sevreau, less than 2 kilometers (1,2 miles) from Saint-Mesmin, is located on the town of Saint-André-sur-Sèvre. It is an old medieval fortress of the 13th century, equipped with a dungeon 28 meters high, built in the 15th century. The castle is open to the public in summer and medieval events are organized.
• A Cloister garden, the river Sevre, a church of the thirteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres 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.

External links

• Castle of Saint-Mesmin