Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay () is a former commune in the

Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

department in the

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

in western

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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune

Montaigu-Vendée Montaigu-Vendée () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The municipality was established on January 1, 2019 by the merger of the communes of Boufféré, La Guyonnière, Montaigu, Saint-Georg ...

Monuments

The

Château de la Preuille The Château de la Preuille is an 11th-century castle at Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay, Vendée, France, one of the oldest ''châteaux'' in the Loire Valley. It took its present form in the 13th and 15th centuries. The wide moat defending the northe ...

, one of the oldest castles in the Loire region, is located here.

Restaurant naming

Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay is the home town of

Thierry Rautureau Thierry Rautureau, nicknamed "The Chef In The Hat", is a Seattle, Washington celebrity chef and the chef/owner of several former restaurants, including Loulay and Luc. He is now "semi-retired", following his restaurants' difficulties with the COVID ...

. His restaurant "Loulay" is named to reflect his home town.

Monuments

Restaurant naming

See also