Mervent () is a commune in the

Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

department in the

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ...

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in western

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Places and monumentsFrom the french article on Mervent

* The

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de la Citardière * The Old Castle ruins in the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

, * The church Saint-Medard * The Mère

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

. * The Mervent-Vouvant

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* The Pierre-Brune recreation park * The Natur’ Zoo. * The cave where Louis de Montfort (an 18th-century

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) prayed

Main sights

File:Eglise de Mervent.jpg, Mervent's church File:Forêt de Mervent.jpg, The

File:Lac de Mervent.jpg, Mervent's

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File:W2369-Mervent ErmitageMontfort Grotte 37711.JPG, The

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of Louis de Monfort

Places and monumentsFrom the french article on Mervent

Main sights

See also