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
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