Moutiers-sur-le-Lay

Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
Commune
	The old town hall in Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
	Location of Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
	Moutiers-sur-le-Lay Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
	Coordinates: 46°33′19″N 1°09′24″W / 46.5553°N 1.1567°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Brigitte Hybert
Area 1	18.28 km2 (7.06 sq mi)
Population (2021)	803
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85157 /85320
Elevation	7–57 m (23–187 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moutiers-sur-le-Lay (French pronunciation: [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.

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.^[3]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Edited by Rev. Vincent A. Yzermans (1961), Catholic Origins of Minnesota, Published by the Minnesota Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Pages 28-29.

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