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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 Banner  Coat airms | |
 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 | |