• La Copechagnière (French pronunciation: [la kɔpʃaɲɛʁ]) is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes...
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    La Roche-sur-Yon (pronounced [la ʁɔʃ syʁ jɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital...
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    France. The island's two harbors, Port-Joinville in the north and Port de la Meule to the south, in a rocky inlet of the southern granite coast, are famous...
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    Fontenay-le-Comte (IPA: [fɔ̃tənɛ kɔ̃t]; Poitevin: Funtenaes or Fintenè) is a commune and subprefecture in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region of Western...
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    coast of western France. A subprefecture of the department of Vendée, Pays de la Loire, it has the administrative level of commune. On 1 January 2019, the...
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    Battle of Noirmoutier (1794) (category Military history of Pays de la Loire)
    retreated to La Copechagnière. The Republicans mobilised 5,000 men for the operation, but only 3,000 to 3,200 took part in the fighting on the island. La Gazette...
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    Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu Communauté d'agglomération La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération Communauté d'agglomération Les Sables d'Olonne...
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    of Noirmoutier, just off the coast of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The history of the town began with the arrival...
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    pronunciation: [apʁəmɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Lac d'Apremont is formed by the Apremont dam...
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    La Garnache (French pronunciation: [la ɡaʁnaʃ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes of the...
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