Les Sables-d'Olonne
Les Sables-d'Olonne (pronounced [lɛ sabl dolɔn]) (French meanin: "the sands o Olonne") is a seaside toun in wastren Fraunce, bi the Atlantic Ocean. It is a commune an a sub-prefectur o the Vendée depairtment.
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  Les Sables-d'Olonne Location within Pays de la Loire region  Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
| Coordinates: 46°29′50″N 1°47′00″W / 46.4972°N 1.7833°WCoordinates: 46°29′50″N 1°47′00″W / 46.4972°N 1.7833°W | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Depairtment | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Canton | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Intercommunality | Olonnes |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2004–2008) | Louis Guédon |
| Area 1 | 8.83 km2 (3.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 16,105 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85194 /85100 |
| Elevation | 0–26 m (0–85 ft) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
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- Ceety cooncil wabsteid (in French)
- Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendee Globe Race (in Inglis)
- Les Sables-d'Olonne Tourist Board Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine (in French)