Moutiers-sur-le-Lay

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Moutiers-sur-le-Lay

(2020–2026) Brigitte Hybert^[1]Area

18.28 km² (7.06 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

803 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

85157 /85320

Elevation7–57 m (23–187 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moutiers-sur-le-Lay (French pronunciation: [mutje syʁ lə lɛ], literally Moutiers on the Lay) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Geography

The village lies on the left bank of the river Lay, which flows southwestward through the southern part of the commune.

Local people

Fr. Jean-Pierre Aulneau (1705-1736) a Roman Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus who died while serving as a missionary to the First Nations peoples of New France. Fr. Aulneau, who was born in Moutiers and from the local French nobility, was dubbed Minnesota's Forgotten Martyr" in 1961.^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Edited by Rev. Vincent A. Yzermans (1961), Catholic Origins of Minnesota, Published by the Minnesota Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Pages 28-29.