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La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération
La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of La Roche-sur-Yon. It is located in the Vendée department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. Created in 2010, its seat is in La Roche-sur-Yon.CA La Roche sur Yon - Agglomération (N° SIREN : 248500589) BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. Its area is 499.4 km2. Its population was 97,771 in 2019, of which 55,147 in La Roche-sur-Yon proper.Comparateur de territoire [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roche-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Vendée Departments of France, department in the Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is ''Yonnais''. Known for its historical significance and cultural heritage, La Roche-sur-Yon also houses a wide range of educational institutions, from primary schools to higher education establishments. History The town expanded significantly after Napoleon I of France, Napoleon I chose the site as the new préfecture of the Vendée on 25 May 1804, replacing Fontenay-le-Comte (then under its revolutionary name of Fontenay-le-Peuple). At the time, most of La Roche had been eradicated in the War in the Vendée, Vendée Revolt (1793–96); the renamed Napoléonville was laid out and a fresh population of soldiers and civil servants was brought in. Napoléonville was designed to accommodate 15,000 people. The Hôtel de Ville, La Roche-sur-Yon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ferrière, Vendée
La Ferrière () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography The river Yon forms all of the commune's north-western and western borders. Population See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 253 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venansault
Venansault () is a commune in the northern-western of France. Located in the Vendée department in the Pays de Loire region. It belongs to the urban area and agglomeration of La Roche-sur-Yon (chief town of the department). Population The French demonym for its inhabitants is ''Venansaltais'' (masculine) or ''Venansaltaise'' (feminine). Toponymy Saint Venant (Saint Venance Fortunat), a man of letters from Italy, 25th bishop of Poitiers, who died at the very beginning of the 6th century, is said to be the origin of the name of the commune. However, it is also possible that it comes from the Latin word "Venantisaltus", meaning "Wooded gorge". Despite these hypotheses, the radical of the name is rare and unique in the region. Only one commune in France seems to share it : Venanson in the Alpes-Maritimes. There is also commune called Saint-Venant in Pas-de-Calais, and Saint-Venant-de-Paquette in Quebec which are said to have their orignins in a holy hermit named "Venatius" (Venan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorigny
Thorigny () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Education The commune has a public elementary school, École publique Jacques Golly de Thorigny, and private school, Ecole Privée Jeanne D'ArcEcole Privée " Thorigny. Retrieved on September 6, 2016. Collège public Jean RENOIR, a public junior high school in La Roche Sur-Yon, serves the commune.Vivre à Thorigny " Thorigny. Retrieved on September 6, 2016. "Au départ de Thorigny: Collège public Jean RENOIR Collège privé RICHELIEU" Nearby private schools include Ecole Privée Saint Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Tablier
Le Tablier () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography The river Yon forms most of the commune's western border. See also *Communes of the Vendée department The following is a list of the 253 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Vendée Vendée communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Vendée-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rives De L'Yon
Rives de l'Yon (, literally ''Banks of the Yon'') is a commune in the department of Vendée, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Saint-Florent-des-Bois and Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux. 28 December 2015 Population See also *Communes of the Vendée department
The following is a list of the 253 communes of the Vendée department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
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Nesmy
Nesmy () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is located from the Atlantic Ocean and from La Roche-sur-Yon. Nesmy is part of the ''Communauté d'agglomération'' ''La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération'' (before 2010, it was : the ''Communauté de Communes du Pays Yonnais''). Geography The river Yon forms most of the commune's north-eastern border. Population Sights and culture Nesmy is famous for its potteries and tileries, an artisanal tradition. The area has many hiking trails, points of interest include: * The Mill of Rambourg, a water mill * The Yon river * The Old Pottery of Nesmy * A private Castle * La Domangère golf course, internationally famous Economy Nesmy houses the Zone of Activities of Le Chaillot, near to the A87 motorway. Twin towns Nesmy is twinned with Burggen, in Bavaria, which is close to the Alps in Germany, allowing for regular meetings. Personalities * Gilbert Prouteau: writer born in Nesmy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouilleron-le-Captif
Mouilleron-le-Captif () is a commune in 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 253 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landeronde
Landeronde () is a commune in 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 253 communes of the Vendée department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fougeré, Vendée
Fougeré () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Education The commune has one public elementary school, Ecole Jacques Prévert, and a private school, Ecole Saint-Joseph. " Foougeré, Vendée. Retrieved on September 6, 2016. See also *Communes of the Vendée department
The following is a list of the 253 communes of the Vendée department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
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Dompierre-sur-Yon
Dompierre-sur-Yon (, literally ''Dompierre on Yon'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan .... Geography The river Yon forms the commune's southeastern border. Population See also * Communes of the Vendée department References Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération
An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of commune in France#Intercommunality, intercommunality, less integrated than a or a communauté urbaine but more integrated than a communauté de communes. Agglomeration communities consist of a communes in France, commune of at least 15,000 inhabitants (or a prefectures in France, prefecture with less than 15,000 inhabitants) and its independent suburbs. As of January 2025, there are 230 agglomeration communities in France (214 in metropolitan France and 16 in the overseas departments). BANAT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |