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Grues, Vendée
Grues () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography The river Lay forms most of the commune's western border. 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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Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ...
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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

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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" (). Geography Pays de la Loire is in western France, bordered by Brittany on the northwest, Normandy on the north, Centre-Val de Loire on the east, Nouvelle-Aquitaine on the south, and the Bay of Biscay of the North Atlantic Ocean on the southwest. Departments and former province Pays de la Loire comprises five departments: Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Vendée. Pays de la Loire is made up of the following historical provinces: * Part of Brittany, with its old capital Nantes contained within the Loire-Atlantique department. This is up to 20% of historical Brittany. The other 80% makes up the currently neighbouring region of Brittany * Anjou: is largely absorbed into the Maine-et-Loire department; the rest in ...
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ...
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Lay (river)
The Lay () is a river in the Vendée ''departments of France, département'', western France. Its source is at Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin and it flows generally southwest. It flows into the Bay of Biscay between La Faute-sur-Mer and L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, northwest of La Rochelle. Its main tributaries are the Yon (river), Yon and the Smagne. Communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Vendée: Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin, Menomblet, Réaumur, Vendée, Réaumur, Montournais, La Meilleraie-Tillay, Pouzauges, Le Boupère, Monsireigne, Saint-Prouant, Sigournais, Bazoges-en-Pareds, Chantonnay, La Réorthe, Bournezeau, Sainte-Hermine, Sainte-Pexine, Moutiers-sur-le-Lay, Bessay, Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais, La Couture, Vendée, La Couture, Péault, La Bretonnière-la-Claye, Rosnay, Vendée, Rosnay, Le Champ-Saint-Père, Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon, Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais, Curzon, Vendée, Curzon, Lairoux, Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer, Grues, Vendée, Grues, Angles, Vendée, Angles, ...
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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):BANATIC
Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 7 October 2020.
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