Tiffauges

Tiffauges is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Tiffauges
Commune
Church and chateau of Tiffauges
Coat of arms
Location of Tiffauges
Tiffauges
Tiffauges
Coordinates: 47°00′52″N 1°06′36″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentVendée
ArrondissementLa Roche-sur-Yon
CantonMortagne-sur-Sèvre
IntercommunalityCommunauté de Communes du Pays de Mortagne
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Michel Blanchet
Area
1
9.92 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,588
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
85293 /85130
Elevation42–113 m (138–371 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Gilles de Rais owned the local fortress.

It is the location of a battle between the French Republican troops and the royalists during the War in the Vendée during the French Revolution on September 19, 1793.

Geography

The municipal territory of Tiffauges covers 980 hectares. The average altitude of the municipality is 89 meters, with levels fluctuating between 42 and 113 meters. Tiffauges is geographically located in the north-east of the Vendée, bordering the department of Maine-et-Loire, it is cut by the departmental road D 753 which goes from Cholet to Saint-Jean-de-Monts . Tiffauges is located 18 km from Herbiers, 16 km from Montaigu, and 20 km from Cholet . Tiffauges is located at the confluence of two rivers : Sèvre Nantes and Crûme .

Toponymy

The region is mentioned as teofalgicus pagus in 848, the city castella theophalgica around 1050. Tiffauges owes its name to the Taïfales (or Teiphales), a people - " barbarian " for the Romans - incorporated in the defense of the Roman Empire that would be established in the fifth century.The Taïfales arrived in Gaul in 412 with the Visigoths .

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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