Commequiers
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Commequiers (French pronunciation: [kɔmkje]) is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Commequiers | |
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The Chateau of Commequiers | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Commequiers | |
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| Coordinates: 46°45′49″N 1°50′09″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Canton | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Moreau[1] |
Area 1 | 40.26 km2 (15.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,735 |
| • Density | 92.77/km2 (240.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85071 /85220 |
| Elevation | 0–55 m (0–180 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Heraldry
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Coat of arms of Commequiers
Blazon: Divided: in the first, party per pale: in the first, or, two keys sable in saltire and in the second, gules, a dolmen argent; in the second, azure, a castle argent, pierced and masoned sable, surmounted by a baron's coronet or.[3]
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Megaliths
- Allée couverte de la Pierre-Folle, depicted on the commune's coat of arms
[4] Classified MH (1929) - The Grand'Pierre menhir, also called Menhir de la Palissonière[5] Registered MH (1981)
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,719 | — |
| 1975 | 1,701 | −0.15% |
| 1982 | 1,862 | +1.30% |
| 1990 | 2,053 | +1.23% |
| 1999 | 2,297 | +1.26% |
| 2007 | 2,686 | +1.97% |
| 2012 | 3,152 | +3.25% |
| 2017 | 3,505 | +2.15% |
| 2023 | 3,735 | +1.06% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
