Population: 1876: 863 inhabitants - 1962: 704 inhabitants - 1999: 545 inhabitants - 2006: 566 inhabitants.
Population: The Jaudoins.
Waterway: The Loing and Arkanson.
Origin of name: La Jaudonnière was named Jaudouin family, prominent in the Middle Ages, who died about 200 years ago.
District of Sainte-Hermine.
Main hamlets: Pareds the Monerie the Ochetrie, Allard, the Reinière ...
Previously: On the banks of the Arkanson renamed the fertility of its banks, the Gallic town of Aupareds (Latin Alperium, elevated site today Pareds)'s development was such, after the invasion Roman legions 50 years ago, she became the first city in the region. After the introduction of Christianity in Aquitaine, the priory was built in then archpriest in 1468 in archdeaconry. About 44 parishes depended Pareds which imposed its name to many places. During the division of France into departments in 1790, La Jaudonnière became the capital of canton. The municipalities of Réorthe, St. Juire of Champgillon, Saint-Martin-Lars, Saint-Mars-des-Prés, Saint-Philbert-du-Pont Charrault were part of its jurisdiction.
Today: Subsistence past ancient noble houses, a square fled the 17th century. The Church of St. Mary Magdalene of 1700, the east gable with its Gothic window-walls and cons of the old church of Saint-Pierre-de-Paredes (11th and 12th centuries). Economic activity remains agriculture and early 19th century began operating a large limestone quarry. In the late 20th century, the industrial sector is growing with the creation of an area of activity: now she is hosting a workshop for the construction of machine tools, plant for the processing of plastic and a poultry cutting plant .
Character: Constance Commont of Ade, the Little Mitteau she lived, a place called La Jaudonnière, married to the Marquis of Rochejaquelain to La Jaudonnière in 1769, a mother of three generals of the wars of Vendée: Henry, Louis and Auguste was born in 1784 in Petit Mitteau.
