Mouchamps
Mouchamps is a commune with 2744 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Vendée in the Pays de la Loire; it belongs to the district of La Roche- sur- Yon and the Canton of Les Herbiers.
Neighboring communities of Mouchamps are
- Les Herbiers
- Saint -Paul -en- Pareds
- Le Boupère
- Rochetrejoux
- Saint- Prouant
- Saint- Germain -de- Prinçay
- Saint- Vincent- Sterlanges
- Sainte -Cécile
- L' Oie
- Vendrennes
Demographics
Attractions
- Grave of Georges Clemenceau
- Castle Le Parc Soubise (late 18th century monument historique )
- Castle Masson
- Logis du Colombier, owned by the family Clemenceau
Castle Le Parc Soubise
Personalities
- Gui L' Archevêque, Seigneur de Soubise, de waist Bourg et de Mouchamps 1327/63
- François Viète ( Vieta, 1540-1603 ), mathematician, created his first works in Mouchamps
- Catherine de Parthenay (1554-1631), humanist and literary woman, born and died in Mouchamps
- Pierre -Paul Clemenceau (1749-1825), mayor of Mouchamps
- Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), President, buried in Mouchamps
- René Guilbaud (1890-1928), pilot, lost as a companion Roald Amundsen in search of Umberto Nobile, who was born in Mouchamps
- André Ducasse (* 1894 in Mouchamps ), Author, Knight of the Legion of Honor
- Frédéric Bourdin ( born 1974 ), Crook ( " The Chameleon " ) grew up in Mouchamps