Coordinates: 46°46′59″N 1°25′48″W / 46.783°N 1.430°W / 46.783; -1.430

Bellevigny

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Bellevigny
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Bellevigny is located in France
Bellevigny
Bellevigny
Bellevigny is located in Pays de la Loire
Bellevigny
Bellevigny
Coordinates: 46°46′59″N 1°25′48″W / 46.783°N 1.430°W / 46.783; -1.430
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentVendée
ArrondissementLa Roche-sur-Yon
CantonAizenay
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Philippe Briaud[1]
Area
1
38.52 km2 (14.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
6,235
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
85019 /85170
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bellevigny is a commune in the department of Vendée, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Belleville-sur-Vie and Saligny.[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,143—    
1975 2,395+1.60%
1982 3,108+3.79%
1990 3,565+1.73%
1999 4,154+1.71%
2007 5,207+2.86%
2012 5,735+1.95%
2017 6,005+0.92%
Source: INSEE[4]

Economy

The Dubreuil Group and subsidiary French Bee (formerly French Blue) have their head offices in the Belleville-sur-Vie area of Bellevigny.[5][6]

Education

Public schools:[7]

  • École publique Les Chaumes (Belleville-sur-Vie) - preschool and elementary school
  • École publique Sablier du Frêne (Saligny)
  • Collège Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Belleville-sur-Vie) - junior high school

Private schools (both primary schools):[7]

  • École Primaire Privée Saint Augustin (Belleville-sur-Vie)
  • École Primaire Privée Sacré Cœur (Saligny)

The commune has a library in Saligny and media centre in Belleville-sur-Vie.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 19 November 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ "Website Publisher." French Bee. Retrieved on 19 May 2018. "FRENCH BEE, Simplified Joint-Stock Company with a capital of 5,000,000 Euros, with registered office located at Actipole 85, 85170 Belleville-sur-vie[...]"
  6. ^ "Contact Archived 2018-05-19 at the Wayback Machine." Dubreuil Group. Retrieved on 19 May 2018. "Actipôle 85 BP 42 85 170 Belleville-sur-Vie"
  7. ^ a b "Écoles et collège." Bellevigny. Retrieved on 19 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Bibliothèque / Médiathèque." Bellevigny. Retrieved on 19 May 2018.

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