Rives-du-Fougerais () is a commune in the Vendée

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" (). ...

region in western France. It was established on 1 January 2024, with the merger of the communes of Cezais,

Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds () is a former 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 serv ...

and Thouarsais-Bouildroux. Its seat is Thouarsais-Bouildroux.

Toponymy

Rives-du-Fougerais takes its name from the Petit-Fougerais river which has its source in Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds and crosses the three delegated communes.

History

On 1 January 2024, Cezais, Saint-Sulpice-en-Pareds and Thouarsais-Bouildroux merged to create the new commune of Rives-du-Fougerais..

Geography

The new commune of Rives-du-Fougerais is located to the east of the Vendée department, in the Bocage Vendéen and the small agricultural region of Bas Bocage Vendéen. It is located from

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, the prefecture of the department, from the sub-prefecture Fontenay-le-Comte, and from the

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 ...

, capital of the eponymous canton on which the commune has depended since its creation. Rives-du-Fougerais is also part of the La Châtaigneraie living area. The closest communes are La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire (), Bazoges-en-Pareds (),

Saint-Maurice-le-Girard Saint-Maurice-le-Girard () 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 ...

(), Saint-Cyr-des-Gats (), Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salle (), Antigny (), Bourneau () and

Vouvant Vouvant () is a commune in the department of Vendée, in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Vouvant is labelled as ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' (since 1988), ''Petite cité de caractère'', and the village has obtained two f ...

().

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivesdufougerais Communes of Vendée Populated places established in 2024