Corpe
Sign in to saveCorpe () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
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Place details
- Locality
- Corpe
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 786
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Corpe
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Mairie de Corpe (vue 2, Éduarel, 11 avril 2016).JPG
- French commune.caption
- Town hall of Corpe
- French commune.arrondissement
- Fontenay-le-Comte
- French commune.canton
- Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- French commune.INSEE
- 85073
- French commune.postal code
- 85320
- French commune.mayor
- Nathalie Artaillou
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Sud Vendée Littoral
- French commune.elevation min m
- 7
- French commune.elevation max m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Corpe
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of la Roche-sur-Yon
- Population
- +1024
- Area
- +17.1
- Elevation
- +32
- Shares border with
- Saint-Jean-d'Hermine
- Image
- Mairie de Corpe (vue 2, Éduarel, 11 avril 2016).JPG
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- See also
- References
Corpe () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
==History== The name Corpe is derived from an old French word for a crow 'Corp'. Corpe is part of the canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay and was originally an agricultural community. It is recorded in the rolls of the Battle of Agincort that Monsegnior de Corpe was captured by the English and held ransom at the sum of 200,000 billets. The price of his ransom reflects the fact that he was a major player in the war as the ransom for a Man at Arms was 1,000 billets. There is no record of any such ransom ever being paid.