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Saint-Étienne-du-Bois (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃.t‿etjɛn dy bwa]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Commune
The washing house
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois Show map of France Saint-Étienne-du-Bois Show map of Pays de la Loire
Coordinates: 46°49′55″N 1°35′37″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Challans
Intercommunality	Vie et Boulogne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Airiau
Area 1	29.44 km2 (11.37 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	2,135
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85210 /85670
Elevation	17–64 m (56–210 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Places and Monuments

The Chapel of Tulévrière [2]

In the hamlet of Tulévrière, stands a small chapel, only monument Catholic erected during the Vendée wars . It was erected by the inhabitants of the locality, at the request of the priest Alexandre Ténèbre, refractory priest in 1794 who gave it the name "Our Lady of Martyrs of Lower Poitou".

Inaugurated on 29 December 1794, it was intended to thank the Virgin of the protection afforded to the village during the passage of infernal columns in March of that year.

Rebuilt in 1835, it was decorated with stained glass for the occasion

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

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Saint-Étienne-du-Bois es una población y comuna francesa, en la región de Países del Loira, departamento de Vendée, en el distrito de Les Sables-d'Olonne y cantón de Palluau.

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