Vouillé | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Vouillé (Vienne).svg |
Arrondissement: | Poitiers |
Canton: | Vouneuil-sous-Biard |
Insee: | 86294 |
Postal Code: | 86190 |
Mayor: | Éric Martin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Haut-Poitou |
Coordinates: | 46.6414°N 0.1697°W |
Elevation M: | 80 |
Elevation Min M: | 97 |
Elevation Max M: | 155 |
Area Km2: | 33.95 |
Vouillé (in French pronounced as /vuje/) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Inhabitants are known in French as Vouglaisiens.
The Battle of Vouillé or Vouglé (from Latin Campus Vogladensis) was fought in the northern marches of Visigothic territory, at Vouillé, Vienne, (Gaul), in the spring of 507 between the Franks commanded by Clovis and the Visigoths of Alaric II, the conqueror of Spain.