Bellevigny

Bellevigny
Commune
Bellevigny
Location within Pays de la Loire region
Bellevigny
Coordinates: 46°46′59″N 1°25′48″W / 46.783°N 1.430°W / 46.783; -1.430Coordinates: 46°46′59″N 1°25′48″W / 46.783°N 1.430°W / 46.783; -1.430
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton Aizenay
Area1 38.52 km2 (14.87 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 5,795
 • Density 150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 85019 /85170

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bellevigny is a commune in the department of Vendée, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Belleville-sur-Vie and Saligny.[1]

Economy

The Dubreuil Group and subsidiary French Bee (formerly French Blue) have their head offices in the Belleville-sur-Vie area of Bellevigny.[2][3]

Education

Public schools:[4]

  • École publique Les Chaumes (Belleville-sur-Vie) - preschool and elementary school
  • École publique Sablier du Frêne (Saligny)
  • Collège Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Belleville-sur-Vie) - junior high school

Private schools (both primary schools):[4]

  • École Primaire Privée Saint Augustin (Belleville-sur-Vie)
  • École Primaire Privée Sacré Cœur (Saligny)

The commune has a library in Saligny and media centre in Belleville-sur-Vie.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 19 November 2015 (in French)
  2. ↑ "Website Publisher." French Bee. Retrieved on 19 May 2018. "FRENCH BEE, Simplified Joint-Stock Company with a capital of 5,000,000 Euros, with registered office located at Actipole 85, 85170 Belleville-sur-vie[...]"
  3. ↑ "Contact." Dubreuil Group. Retrieved on 19 May 2018. "Actipôle 85 BP 42 85 170 Belleville-sur-Vie"
  4. 1 2 "Écoles et collège." Bellevigny. Retrieved on 19 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bibliothèque / Médiathèque." Bellevigny. Retrieved on 19 May 2018.


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