Vendée
French depairtment
The Vendée (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃.de]) is a depairtment in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in wast-central Fraunce, on the Atlantic Ocean.
Vendée | |
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Location o Vendée in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 46°40′14″N 1°25′36″W / 46.67056°N 1.42667°WCoordinates: 46°40′14″N 1°25′36″W / 46.67056°N 1.42667°W | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Prefectur | La Roche-sur-Yon |
Subprefecturs | Fontenay-le-Comte Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Bruno Retailleau |
Area | |
• Total | 6720 km2 (2,590 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 607,430 |
• Rank | 38t |
• Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment nummer | 85 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 17 |
Communes | 282 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 |