Mouilleron-en-Pareds (French pronunciation: [mujʁɔ̃ ɑ̃ paʁɛ]) is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Mouilleron-Saint-Germain.[2] It is in the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte.

Mouilleron-en-Pareds
The church of Saint-Hilaire, in Mouilleron-en-Pareds
The church of Saint-Hilaire, in Mouilleron-en-Pareds
Coat of arms of Mouilleron-en-Pareds
Location of Mouilleron-en-Pareds
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Mouilleron-en-Pareds is located in France
Mouilleron-en-Pareds
Mouilleron-en-Pareds
Mouilleron-en-Pareds is located in Pays de la Loire
Mouilleron-en-Pareds
Mouilleron-en-Pareds
Coordinates: 46°40′36″N 0°51′00″W / 46.6767°N 0.85°W / 46.6767; -0.85
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentVendée
ArrondissementFontenay-le-Comte
CantonLa Châtaigneraie
CommuneMouilleron-Saint-Germain
Area
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19.97 km2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,373
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
85390
Elevation60–182 m (197–597 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is known as the place of birth of Charles-Louis Largeteau (who contributed to the establishment of the Greenwich Meridian), Georges Clemenceau (head of the French government during World War I and who signed the Treaty of Versailles with Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Woodrow Wilson) and Marshal Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (who led the French First Army during the liberation of France with the Allied forces in 1945).

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