Vendée
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Vendée (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃de] ⓘ; Breton: 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.[3] Its prefecture is La Roche-sur-Yon.
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Vendée | |
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Coordinates: 46°40′14″N 1°25′36″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Prefecture | La Roche-sur-Yon |
Subprefectures | Fontenay-le-Comte Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Alain Lebœuf[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 6,720 km2 (2,590 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 699,459 |
• Rank | 35th |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 85 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 17 |
Communes | 255 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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This article is about the French department. For the singer, see venbee.