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Commune of La Roche-sur-Yon
Location
La Roche-sur-Yon (France)
La Roche-sur-Yon
Administration
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée (préfecture)
Arrondissement La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton Chief town of 2 cantons:
La Roche-sur-Yon-Nord
La Roche-sur-Yon-Sud
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Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays yonnais (82 296 habitants)
Mayor Pierre Regnault (PS)
(2004-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 32 m–94 m
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Land area¹ 87,52 km²
Population²
(2004)		 50,800
 - Density 580/km² (2004)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 85191/ 85000
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2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E
France

La Roche-sur-Yon is a town and commune in western France, préfecture (capital) of the Vendée département. 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. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' 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 Its inhabitants are called Yonnais.

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History

The town was built after Napoleon I had chosen his site to build the new préfecture of the Vendée, which replaced Fontenay-le-Comte on May 25, 1804. 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. The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. Fontenay-le-Comte is a town and commune of western France. It is located in the Vendée département, for which it is the Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

The town was called successively:

Administration

The communauté de communes of the Pays Yonnais contains 15 communes: Aubigny, Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, La Chaize-le-Vicomte, Les Clouzeaux, Dompierre-sur-Yon, La Ferrière, Fougeré, Landeronde, Mouilleron-le-Captif, Nesmy, La Roche-sur-Yon, Saint-Florent-des-Bois, Le Tablier, Thorigny and Venansault. The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne History Revolution of 1848 See also Mid-nineteenth century France The industrial population of the Faubourgs A communauté de communes (French for "community of communes " is a federation of municipalities (communes in France. Aubigny is a commune of the Vendée department in western France. Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux is a Village and commune of the Vendée département in France. La Chaize-le-Vicomte is a Village and commune of the Vendée department of western France. Le Champ-Saint-Père is a Village and commune in the Vendée département of western France. Dompierre-sur-Yon is a Village and commune of the Vendée département in France. La Ferrière Vendée is a Village and commune of the Vendée department of western France. Fougeré is a Village and commune of the Vendée département in France. Landeronde is a Village and commune of the Vendée département in France. Mouilleron-le-Captif is a Village and commune of the Vendée département in France. Nesmy is a town and commune of France, in the Vendée département, located at 30 km of the Atlantic Ocean, 10 km of Saint-Florent-des-Bois is a commune in the Vendée département in the Pays de la Loire region of France Le Tablier is a Village and commune of the Vendée department of western France. Thorigny is a Village and commune of the Vendée département in France. Venansault is a Village and commune of the Vendée département in France.

La Roche-sur-Yon is the chief town of the Arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon, which covers 11 cantons, 92 communes, and has a population of 230,386 (1999 census). The arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon is an arrondissement of France located in the Vendée département, in the Pays de la Loire

La-Roche-sur-Yon is chief town of two cantons, covering 12 communes, with a total population of 70,709.

Miscellaneous

La Roche-sur-Yon is twinned with:

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