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La Roche-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is ''Yonnais''. History The town expanded significantly after 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 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 town was called successively: *La Roche-sur-Yon (during the Ancien Régime and the French First Republic) *Napoléon-sur-Yon (during the First French Empire) *Bourbon-Vendée (during the French Restoration) *Napoléon-Vendée (during the French Second Empire) Geography The river Yon flows southward through the commune and cro ...
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Prefectures Of France
In France, a prefecture (french: préfecture) may be: * the ''chef-lieu de département'', the commune in which the administration of a department is located; * the ''chef-lieu de région'', the commune in which the administration of a region is located; * the jurisdiction of a prefecture; * the official residence or headquarters of a prefect. Although the administration of departments and regions is distinct, a regional prefect is '' ex officio'' prefect of the department in which the regional prefecture is located. The officeholder has authority upon the other prefects in the region on a range of matters. Role of the prefecture There are 101 prefectures in France, one for each department. The official in charge is the prefect (french: préfet). The prefecture is an administration that belongs to the Ministry of the Interior; it is therefore in charge of the delivery of identity cards, driving licenses, passports, residency and work permits for foreigners, vehicle registration, ...
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Yon (river)
The Yon () is a long river in the Vendée ''département'', western France. Its source is at Saint-Martin-des-Noyers. It flows generally south. It is a right tributary of the Lay into which it flows between Rosnay and Le Champ-Saint-Père. Communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Vendée: Saint-Martin-des-Noyers, La Chaize-le-Vicomte, La Ferrière, Dompierre-sur-Yon, La Roche-sur-Yon, Nesmy, Saint-Florent-des-Bois Saint-Florent-des-Bois () is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-de-l'Yon.Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, Le Tablier,
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Landeronde
Landeronde () 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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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.Enfance / Jeunesse
" Foougeré, Vendée. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.


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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):
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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 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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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. Geography The river Yon forms the commune's southeastern 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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Les Clouzeaux
Les Clouzeaux () is a former commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux.Arrêté préfectoral
3 December 2015 Its male inhabitants are called ''Cluzéliens'', and ''Cluzéliennes'' for the female ones.


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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):
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La Chaize-le-Vicomte
La Chaize-le-Vicomte () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography The river Yon forms part of the commune's northern 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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Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux
Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux () is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-de-l'Yon.Arrêté préfectoral
28 December 2015


Geography

The village lies above the right bank of the river Yon, which forms most of the commune's eastern border.


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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 th ...
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Aubigny, Vendée
Aubigny () is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux.Arrêté préfectoral
3 December 2015


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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):
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Communauté D'agglomération
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urbaine but more integrated than a communauté de communes. Agglomeration communities consist of a commune of at least 15,000 inhabitants (or a prefecture with less than 15,000 inhabitants) and its independent suburbs. As of March 2020, there are 222 agglomeration communities in France (207 in metropolitan France and 15 in the overseas departments).BANATIC
France, Liste des groupements. Accessed 2020-03-19.
The population (as of 2017) of the agglomeration communities ranges from 355,650 inhabitants (
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Météo-France is the French national meteorological service. Organisation The organisation was established by decree in June 1993 and is a department of the Ministry of Transportation. It is headquartered in Paris but many domestic operations have been decentralised to Toulouse. Its budget of around €300 million is funded by state grants, aeronautic royalties and sale of commercial services. Météo-France has a particularly strong international presence, and is the French representative at the World Meteorological Organization. The organisation is a leading member of EUMETSAT, responsible for the procurement of Meteosat weather satellites. It is also member of the Institut au service du spatial, de ses applications et technologies. It also a critical national weather service member of the ECMWF and hosts one of two major centres of the IFS numerical weather prediction model widely used worldwide. Worldwide In addition to its operations in metropolitan France, the agen ...
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