Tiffauges

Tiffauges
	Tiffauges
	File:ChateaudeTiffauges01.jpg
	Church and chateau of 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.

Tiffauges is a commune. It is found in the Pays de la Loire region in the Vendée department in the west of France. Gilles de Rais had his castle here.

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Administration
Tiffauges
File:ChateaudeTiffauges01.jpg
Church and chateau of Tiffauges



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.