Vendée
Vendée | |
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Prefecture building in La Roche-sur-Yon | |
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Location of Vendée in France | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′14″N 1°25′36″W / 46.67056°N 1.42667°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Prefecture | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Subprefectures | Fontenay-le-Comte Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Alain Lebœuf |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,720 km2 (2,590 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 706,343 |
| • Rank | 35th |
| • Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 85 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 255 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Vendée (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃de] ⓘ) 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. Its prefecture is La Roche-sur-Yon.