Moutiers-sur-le-Lay explained

Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton:	Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Insee:	85157
Postal Code:	85320
Mayor:	Brigitte Hybert^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	46.5553°N -1.1567°W
Elevation Min M:	7
Elevation Max M:	57
Area Km2:	18.28

Moutiers-sur-le-Lay (in French pronounced as /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.^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. Edited by Rev. Vincent A. Yzermans (1961), Catholic Origins of Minnesota, Published by the Minnesota Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Pages 28-29.