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Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency, constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments (Departmental council (France), departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of Communes of France, communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in mo ...
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Chavagnes-en-Paillers
Chavagnes-en-Paillers () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Chavagnes en Paillers is known as one of the two ''villes saintes'' (holy towns) of the Vendée. (The other is Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre). It is home to the mother-houses of two religious congregations: the Sons of Mary Immaculate and the Ursulines of Jesus, both founded by the Roman Catholic priest Louis-Marie Baudouin in about 1802 in the wake of the French Revolution (1789) and the War in the Vendée (mainly 1793-1796). Still present also in Chavagnes is the seminary Baudouin founded for the training of boys and men destined for the priesthood. It was the first junior seminary to be approved in France after the Revolution. It now continues as Chavagnes International College, an international Catholic boarding school for boys, teaching through the medium of English. The word Chavagnes is thought to come from the dog Latin ''cabanas'', meaning ''cabins''. The inha ...
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Treize-Septiers
Treize-Septiers () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ...
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Saint-Fulgent
Saint-Fulgent () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography Climate Saint-Fulgent has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Saint-Fulgent is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Fulgent was on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 12 February 2012. See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):
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Saint-André-Goule-d'Oie
Saint-André-Goule-d'Oie () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ... region in western France. See also * Communes of the Vendée department References Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ...
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La Rabatelière
La Rabatelière () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ... region in western France. See also * Communes of the Vendée department References Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ...
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Mesnard-la-Barotière
Mesnard-la-Barotière () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ...
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La Copechagnière
La Copechagnière () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ... region in western France. See also * Communes of the Vendée department References Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ...
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Chauché
Chauché () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ...
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Vendée
Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.Populations légales 2019: 85 Vendée
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Its prefecture is .


History

The area today called the Vendée was originally known as the ''Bas-Poitou'' and is part of the former province of . In the southeast corner, the village of

Les Brouzils
Les Brouzils () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Its coat of arms has a wolf, which symbolizes bravery. Population See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ...
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La Boissière-de-Montaigu
La Boissière-de-Montaigu (, literally ''La Boissière of Montaigu'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. History Within the border of the commune, axes, potteries and engraved rocks attest to the presence of man between 3500 and 2800 BC. Places of interest Château d' Asson: 15th and 18th centuries. Devastated during the War of Vendée. Demography See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 257 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Official site


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