Arrondissement Of Fontenay-le-Comte
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Arrondissement Of Fontenay-le-Comte
The arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte is an arrondissement of France in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 108 communes. Its population is 141,620 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte, and their INSEE codes, are: # L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île (partly)(85001) # Antigny (85005) # Auchay-sur-Vendée (85009) # Bazoges-en-Pareds (85014) # Benet (85020) # Bessay (85023) # Bouillé-Courdault (85028) # Le Boupère (85031) # Bourneau (85033) # La Bretonnière-la-Claye (85036) # La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire (85040) # Cezais (85041) # Chaillé-les-Marais (85042) # Champagné-les-Marais (85049) # La Chapelle-Thémer (85056) # Chasnais (85058) # La Châtaigneraie (85059) # Château-Guibert (85061) # Chavagnes-les-Redoux (85066) # Cheffois (85067) # Corpe (85073) # La Couture (85074) # Damvix (85078) # Doix-lès-Fontaines (85080) # Faymoreau (85087) # Fontenay-le-Comte (85092) # Foussais-P ...
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Fontenay-le-Comte
Fontenay-le-Comte (; Poitevin: ''Funtenaes'' or ''Fintenè'') is a commune and subprefecture in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region of Western France. In 2018, it had a population of 13,302, while its functional area had a population of 41,273.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022.


Geography

The river flows through the town. The town has an area of .


History

Fontenay was in existence as early as the time of the s. The affix of comte is said to have been applied to it when ...
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Bourneau
Bourneau () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography The river Smagne has its source in the commune. 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 Couture, Vendée
La Couture () 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 eastern and south-western borders. 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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Corpe
Corpe () is a Communes of France, commune of the Vendée Departments of France, department in the Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region in western France. History The name Corpe is derived from an old French word for a crow 'Corp'. Corpe is part of the canton in France, canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay and was originally an agricultural community. It is recorded in the rolls of the Battle of Agincort that Monsegnior de Corpe was captured by the English and held ransom at the sum of 200,000 billets. The price of his ransom reflects the fact that he was a major player in the war as the ransom for a Man at Arms was 1,000 billets. There is no record of any such ransom ever being paid. More recently as the number of people employed in farming declined due to mechanisation, Corpe grew to accommodate people working in the businesses in and around Luçon due to the good communications. The wealth of shops and businesses in nearby Luçon and Mareuil-sur-Lay means that there are few facilitie ...
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Cheffois
Cheffois () is a commune of 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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Chavagnes-les-Redoux
Chavagnes-les-Redoux () is a commune of 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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Château-Guibert
Château-Guibert () is a commune of 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 Châtaigneraie
''For the school, see La Châtaigneraie (School)'' La Châtaigneraie () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It lies halfway between Nantes-Poitiers-Angers, about an hour from the beaches of Les Sables d'Olonne. Located on the sunny side of the Gatines hills, it is greatly attached to its past and values. 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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Chasnais
Chasnais () is a commune of 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 Chapelle-Thémer
La Chapelle-Thémer is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is situated about 50 minutes northwest of La Rochelle and a similar distance from the beautiful Vendee beaches. Geography The river Smagne The Smagne () is a river in the Vendée ''département'', western France. Its source is near Bourseguin, a hamlet in Bourneau. It flows generally west. It is a left tributary of the Lay into which it flows between Bessay and Mareuil-sur-Lay-Di ... forms all of the commune's southern border. See also * Communes of the Vendée department References Communes of Vendée {{Vendée-geo-stub ...
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Champagné-les-Marais
Champagné-les-Marais () 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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Chaillé-les-Marais
Chaillé-les-Marais () is a commune in the Vendée department in the region of Pays de la Loire, 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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