Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay

Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
Part of Montaigu-Vendée
A road in Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay, around 1900
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay
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Coordinates: 47°00′13″N 1°19′47″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Montaigu-Vendée
Commune	Montaigu-Vendée
Area ^1	40.62 km^2 (15.68 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	4,668
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	85600
Elevation	18–72 m (59–236 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-Hilaire-de-Loulay (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ilɛʁ də lulɛ]) is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Montaigu-Vendée.[2]

Monuments

Château de la Preuille

The Château de la Preuille, one of the oldest castles in the Loire region,^[citation needed] is located here.

Restaurant naming

Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay is the home town of Thierry Rautureau.[3] His restaurant "Loulay" is named to reflect his home town.

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 20 April 2017 (in French)
3. "Podcast Player - Seattle Kitchen". mynorthwest.com. Retrieved 2018-06-03.