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Vendée is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2023, it had a population of 713,609. Its prefecture is La Roche-sur-Yon.
Prefecture building in La Roche-sur-Yon
Saint Louis Church of La Roche-sur-Yon
Saint Louis Church of La Roche-sur-Yon
Marais Poitevin
La Roche-sur-Yon
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La Roche-sur-Yon is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is Yonnais.
Vendée
…is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2023, it had a population of 713,609. Its prefecture is La Roche-sur-Yon. The area today called the Vendée was originally known as the Bas-Poitou and is part of the former province of Poitou…
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Square Napoléon (Place Napoléon [fr])
The Hôtel de Ville (town hall) of 1814
Napoléon's statue (1854)
Kiosk on Napoléon square