Mortagne-sur-Sèvre

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Mortagne-sur-Sèvre

(2020–2026) Alain Brochoire^[1]Area

21.94 km² (8.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,064 • Density280/km² (720/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

85151 /85290

Elevation57–151 m (187–495 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ syʁ sɛvʁ], literally Mortagne on Sèvre) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The commune was formed by the consolidation Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Évrunes and Saint-Hilaire-de-Mortagne in 1964.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,246	—
1975	4,691	+1.43%
1982	5,301	+1.76%
1990	5,724	+0.96%
1999	5,938	+0.41%
2007	6,080	+0.30%
2012	5,992	−0.29%
2017	5,930	−0.21%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE