The following is a list of the 17
cantons
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...
of the
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. department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
, in
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, Pac ...
, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Décret n° 2014-169 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Vendée
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* Aizenay
Aizenay () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Geography
Aizenay is 15 km north-west of La Roche-sur-Yon, 25 km from Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Challans and 30 km from Les S ...
* Challans
Challans () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Challans station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.
Population
Notable people
* Pauline de Lézardière, born ...
* Chantonnay
Chantonnay () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Geography
The river Lay flows southwestward through the commune and forms part of its eastern and southern borders.
Climate
Chantonnay ha ...
* 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 L ...
* 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 popu ...
* Les Herbiers
Les Herbiers () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region, western France.
Population
Sport
Les Herbiers is host to the Chrono des Nations, an annual one-day individual time trial bicycle race, held in October. Le ...
* L'Île-d'Yeu
* Luçon
Luçon () is a commune in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire region, western France. Its inhabitants are known as Luçonnais.
Luçon Cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Luçon (comprising the Vendée), where Cardinal Richelieu once se ...
* Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Geography
The river Smagne forms part of the commune's eastern border, then flows into the Lay, which flows southwestward throug ...
* Montaigu-Vendée
* Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Mortagne-sur-Sèvre (, literally ''Mortagne on Sèvre'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The commune was formed by the consolidation Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Évrunes and Saint-Hilaire-de-Mor ...
* La Roche-sur-Yon-1
* La Roche-sur-Yon-2
* Les Sables-d'Olonne
Les Sables-d'Olonne (; French meaning: "The Sands of Olonne"; Poitevin: ''Lés Sablles d'Oloune'') is a seaside town in Western France, on the Atlantic Ocean. A subprefecture of the department of Vendée, Pays de la Loire, it has the administ ...
* Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez () is a commune in the Vendée department, administrative region of Pays de la Loire, western France. Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.
Population
See also
*Com ...
* Saint-Jean-de-Monts
Saint-Jean-de-Monts () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Geography
The town is situated in the west of the ''département'', between Notre-Dame-de-Monts and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez. It is s ...
* Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The commune was formed by the merger of the former communes of Talmont and Saint-Hilaire-de-Talmont in 1974.
Richard I of England of ...
References
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