Mervent

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

(2020–2026) Joël Bobineau^[1]Area22.23 km² (8.58 sq mi)Population1,065 • Density48/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation13–112 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