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Commune of Ludres
Location
Coordinates 46°28′04″N, 00°48′19″W
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Sous-préfecture
Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton Fontenay-le-Comte
Intercommunality Communauté urbaine du Pays de Fontenay
Mayor Jean-Claude Remaud (PS)
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 2m–68m
(avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Pays de la Loire is one of the 26 Regions of France. It is one of the regions created in the late 20th century to serve as a zone of influence for its capital Nantes In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte is an arrondissement of France located in the Vendée département, in the Pays de la Loire The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The Socialist Party ( Parti Socialiste, PS is the largest left-wing political party in France. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 24m)
Land area¹ 34. 05 km²
Population²
(1999)		 13,792
 - Density 405/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 85092/ 85200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E
France

Fontenay-le-Comte is a town and commune of western France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. It is located in the Vendée département, for which it is the sous-préfecture, in the Pays de la Loire région. The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Pays de la Loire is one of the 26 Regions of France. It is one of the regions created in the late 20th century to serve as a zone of influence for its capital Nantes France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Population (1999): 13,792.

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Geography

The Vendée River flows though the town. The Vendée is a small river in western France, right tributary to the river Sèvre Niortaise. The town has an area of 34km².

History

Fontenay was in existence as early as the time of the Gauls. Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western The affix of comte is said to have been applied to it when it was taken by King Louis IX from the family of Lusignan and given to his brother Alphonse, count of Poitou, under whom it became capital of Bas-Poitou. Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers. Ceded to the English by the Treaty of Brétigny, in 1360 it was retaken in 1372 by Duguesclin. The Treaty of Brétigny was a Treaty signed on May 8, 1360, between King Edward III of England and King John II (the Good Bertrand du Guesclin (c 1320 &ndash 13 July 1380) known as the Eagle of Brittany, was a Breton Knight and French military commander It suffered repeated capture during the Religious Wars of the 16th century, was dismantled in 1621 and was occupied both by the Republicans and the Royalist Vendeans during the Revolt in the Vendée (1793). The War in Vendée ( 1793 to 1796) was a Civil war in Vendée between Royalists and Republicans during the French Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common From 1790 to 1806 it was capital of the Vendée department. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Miscellaneous

The town now houses several foreign exchange students each year, notably from Norway and Sweden. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.

At Maison Laval on rue Rabelais, a townhouse built at the end of the 18th Century, Emperor Napoleon 1st and his wife, Joséphine, spent the night of August 7th and 8th, 1808. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. On their way from Rochefort to Nantes, they had stopped off in the Bas-Poitou capital of Fontenay-le-Comte where they were the guests of Mayor Laval who, to give them a dignified welcome, had prepared a triumphal arch over the Pont Neuf bridge. Nantes (Naoned Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast That night, the Emperor learned of the defeat of General Dupont at Bailem. Pierre-Antoine, Comte Dupont de l'Étang (1765-1840 was a French General of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars The General's surrender, which seriously compromised the French army's position in Spain, threw the Emperor into a deep rage. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. If word is to be believed, the Emperor smashed an earthenware vase placed in front of him.

Famous people

Fontenay-le-Comte was the birthplace of:

Sister Cities

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