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 the
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
in western France.
Geography
The river
Smagne
The Smagne () is a river in the Vendée ''département'', western France. Its source is near Bourseguin, a hamlet in Bourneau. It flows generally west. It is a left tributary of the Lay into which it flows between Bessay and Mareuil-sur-Lay- ...
forms most of the commune's southern border.
See also
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Communes of the Vendée department
The following is a list of the 253 communes of the Vendée department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
''The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque'' (; known also as ''Les sept hasards'') is a 1993 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film was shown at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival where it received the FIPRESC ...