Sainte-Pexine

Sainte-Pexine
Commune
Chaligny Manor
Sainte-Pexine
Location within Pays de la Loire region
Sainte-Pexine
Coordinates: 46°33′43″N 1°08′17″W / 46.5619°N 1.1381°W / 46.5619; -1.1381Coordinates: 46°33′43″N 1°08′17″W / 46.5619°N 1.1381°W / 46.5619; -1.1381
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Intercommunality Pays mareuillais
Government
  Mayor (20082014) James Gandrieau
Area1 15.76 km2 (6.08 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 234
  Density 15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 85261 /85320
Elevation 7–68 m (23–223 ft)

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.

Sainte-Pexine is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Geography

The river Lay flows southwestward through the northern part of the commune and forms part of its western border; the river Smagne, a tributary of the Lay, forms most of the commune's southern border.

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