Saint-André-sur-Sèvre explained

Saint-André-sur-Sèvre
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Bressuire
Canton:	Cerizay
Insee:	79236
Postal Code:	79380
Mayor:	Dany Grellier^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Bocage Bressuirais
Coordinates:	46.7842°N -0.6775°W
Elevation M:	179
Elevation Min M:	146
Elevation Max M:	212
Area Km2:	19.85

Saint-André-sur-Sèvre is a commune located northwest of the Deux-Sèvres department, in western France.

Geography

This territory is called « Gâtine », and close to the limits of the Vendée in the « High-Bocage » Vendée.

The elevation ranges from 146 meters to 212 meters on the granite massif of the municipality, the average elevation is 179 meters.

The municipality's municipal area covers 1,985 hectares.

History

Hundred Years' War

The conflict between the Plantagenets and the Capetians, which opposed the English and the French, partly took place in Poitou, Normandy and Aquitaine.

War in the Vendée

In 1793, during the war in the Vendée: passage of the Infernal Columns to the castle of Saint-Mesmin; a courier from Parthenay announces that the enemy, the Republicans nicknamed the blues, surrounds Chataignieraie, then this army of the revolution seizes Reaumur, Montournay, Mouilleron, Chavaigne, Tillais and Saint-Mesmin.

Places and monuments

• Castle of Saint-Mesmin at the foot of which flows the river the Sevreau, less than 2 kilometers (1,2 miles) from Saint-Mesmin, is located on the town of Saint-André-sur-Sèvre. It is an old medieval fortress of the 13th century, equipped with a dungeon 28 meters high, built in the 15th century. The castle is open to the public in summer and medieval events are organized.
• A Cloister garden, the river Sevre, a church of the thirteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department

External links

• Castle of Saint-Mesmin

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.