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Montaigu

Montaigu is a toponym used for several communes in France. The most widely known is Montaigu-Vendée, a municipality in the Vendée department of the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The name combines mont and aigu, from French for “sharp hill.” In 2019 the former commune of Montaigu merged with Boufféré to form the new commune of Montaigu-Vendée.

Montaigu-Vendée lies inland in western France and serves as a local center of services for the surrounding

Montaigu is also the name of Montaigu-de-Quercy, a separate commune in Tarn-et-Garonne, in the Occitanie region

The toponym itself derives from mont (mountain or hill) and aigu (sharp), a straightforward description of a

area.
It
is
part
of
the
arrondissement
of
La
Roche-sur-Yon
and
is
the
seat
of
the
Montaigu-Vendée
intercommunality,
which
groups
several
nearby
communes
for
regional
cooperation.
of
southwestern
France.
This
shows
the
spread
of
the
Montaigu
toponym
beyond
Vendée
and
reflects
the
common
practice
of
naming
places
after
landscape
features.
geographic
feature.
Today,
Montaigu
most
often
refers
to
the
Vendée
locality,
while
the
name
appears
in
other
locations
as
well,
illustrating
how
French
place
names
can
recur
across
regions.