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 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" ().
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region in western France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune
Auchay-sur-Vendée
Auchay-sur-Vendée (, literally ''Auchay on Vendée'') is a commune in the department of Vendée, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Auzay (the seat) and Chaix.Arrêté préfectoral 4 August 2016