Château de Saint-Juire

The Château de Saint-Juire is a private historic residence located at 17 Impasse du Château in the village centre of Saint-Juire-Champgillon, in the Vendée department of the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

It is a small fortified residence (sometimes described as a “castelet”) of Renaissance character, built and remodelled between the 15th and 18th centuries. The most distinctive feature is its façade with a corner turret. The protected elements — the façade with its turret and the corresponding roof (cadastral plot AB 59) — were inscribed as a Monument historique on 15 December 1972. The building also received a VMF (Vieilles Maisons Françaises) heritage label in 1968.

In the 16th century the property was linked to the Jaillard family: around 1575 René Jaillard, seigneur de la Marronnière, acquired it through marriage to Madeleine Charruyau, dame de Saint-Juire. The château later belonged to Gustave Marchegay. It remains private property today. Passers-by can catch a glimpse of the façade and turret behind a large wrought-iron gate, but the château is not regularly open to the public.

The commune of Saint-Juire-Champgillon was formed in 1828 by the merger of the two neighbouring villages of Saint-Juire and Champgillon. The château stands in the historic core of Saint-Juire, near the church of Saint-Georges.