Tiffauges

Tiffauges
Church and chateau of Tiffauges
Tiffauges
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Tiffauges
Administration
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Intercommunality	Canton de Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Giraud (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	42–113 m (138–371 ft)
Land area1	9.92 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population2	1,502  (2006)
- Density	151 /km2 (390 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	85293/ 85130
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.

Coordinates: 47°00′52″N 1°06′36″W / 47.0144444444°N 1.11°W / 47.0144444444; -1.11

Tiffauges is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

History

Gilles de Rais had his castle there.

It was the site of a battle between the French Republican troops and the royalists during the War in the Vendée in the French Revolution on September 19, 1793.

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

• INSEE