Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
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Moutiers-sur-le-Lay | |
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 The old town hall in Moutiers-sur-le-Lay | |
Location of Moutiers-sur-le-Lay  | |
  Moutiers-sur-le-Lay  Moutiers-sur-le-Lay | |
| Coordinates: 46°33′19″N 1°09′24″W / 46.5553°N 1.1567°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte |
| Canton | Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2025–2026) | Didier Forgerit[1] |
Area 1 | 18.28 km2 (7.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 823 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85157 /85320 |
| Elevation | 7–57 m (23–187 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Moutiers-sur-le-Lay (French pronunciation: [mutje syʁ lə lɛ], literally Moutiers on the Lay) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
The village lies on the left bank of the river Lay, which flows southwestward through the southern part of the commune.
