title: La Boissière-de-Montaigu
text: # La Boissière-de-Montaigu
  
  La Boissière-de-Montaigu (French pronunciation: ​, literally La Boissière of Montaigu) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
  
  ## History
  
  Within the border of the commune, axes, potteries and engraved rocks attest to the presence of man between 3500 and 2800 BC.
  
  ## Places of interest
  
  Château d' Asson: 15th and 18th centuries. Devastated during the War of Vendée.
  
  ## Demography
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1800 | 360 | — |
  | 1806 | 847 | +15.33% |
  | 1821 | 1,055 | +1.47% |
  | 1831 | 1,109 | +0.50% |
  | 1836 | 1,127 | +0.32% |
  | 1841 | 1,133 | +0.11% |
  | 1846 | 1,221 | +1.51% |
  | 1851 | 1,276 | +0.89% |
  | 1856 | 1,324 | +0.74% |
  | 1861 | 1,398 | +1.09% |
  | 1866 | 1,496 | +1.36% |
  | 1872 | 1,507 | +0.12% |
  | 1876 | 1,606 | +1.60% |
  | 1881 | 1,533 | −0.93% |
  | 1886 | 1,607 | +0.95% |
  | 1891 | 1,567 | −0.50% |
  | 1896 | 1,531 | −0.46% |
  | 1901 | 1,561 | +0.39% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
  | 1906 | 1,583 | +0.28% |
  | 1911 | 1,515 | −0.87% |
  | 1921 | 1,404 | −0.76% |
  | 1926 | 1,381 | −0.33% |
  | 1931 | 1,388 | +0.10% |
  | 1936 | 1,390 | +0.03% |
  | 1946 | 1,344 | −0.34% |
  | 1954 | 1,334 | −0.09% |
  | 1962 | 1,453 | +1.07% |
  | 1968 | 1,383 | −0.82% |
  | 1975 | 1,430 | +0.48% |
  | 1982 | 1,500 | +0.69% |
  | 1990 | 1,584 | +0.68% |
  | 1999 | 1,568 | −0.11% |
  | 2007 | 1,957 | +2.81% |
  | 2012 | 2,200 | +2.37% |
  | 2017 | 2,251 | +0.46% |
  
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  Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :
  
  