Mervent

Mervent
Commune
The Château de la Citardière
Location of Mervent
Mervent Location within France Mervent Location within Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 46°31′23″N 0°45′19″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Fontenay-le-Comte
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Bobineau
Area 1	22.23 km2 (8.58 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	1,063
• Density	47.82/km2 (123.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85143 /85200
Elevation	13–112 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	938	—
1975	844	−1.50%
1982	890	+0.76%
1990	1,023	+1.76%
1999	1,059	+0.39%
2007	1,079	+0.23%
2012	1,062	−0.32%
2017	1,050	−0.23%
2023	1,063	+0.21%
Source: INSEE

Places and monuments

• 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