The
canton of Fontenay-le-Comte is an administrative division 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, western
France
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. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in
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 po ...
.
It consists of the following communes:
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# Auchay-sur-Vendée
# Benet
# Bouillé-Courdault
# Damvix
# Doix-lès-Fontaines
# Faymoreau
#]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 po ...
# Foussais-Payré
# Le Langon
# Liez
# Longèves
# Maillé
#Maillezais
Maillezais () is a Communes of France, commune in the Vendée Departments of France, department in the Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region in western France.
It was once an island in the Marais Poitevin, until monks of the Maillezais Abbey ...
# Le Mazeau
#Mervent
Mervent () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Places and monumentsFrom the french article on Mervent
* The Château de la Citardière
* The Old Castle ruins in the village,
* The church Sa ...
# Montreuil
# L'Orbrie
# Pissotte
# Puy-de-Serre
# Rives-d'Autise
# Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges
# Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau
# Saint-Michel-le-Cloucq
# Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
# Saint-Sigismond
#Les Velluire-sur-Vendée
Les Velluire-sur-Vendée (, literally ''Les Velluire on Vendée'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Le Poiré-sur-V ...
#Vix
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# Xanton-Chassenon
References
Cantons of Vendée
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