L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer (, literally ''L'Aiguillon on Sea'') is a former commune in the

Vendée Vendée () 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 in western

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. It was merged with La Faute-sur-Mer to form

L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île () is a commune in the Vendée department in western France. It was established on 1 January 2022 from the amalgamation of the communes of L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer and La Faute-sur-Mer. Population See also *Communes of ...

on 1 January 2022.

Population

Geography

The river Lay forms all of the commune's northwestern border, then flows into the

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, which forms all of its western border.