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    Le Boupère (French pronunciation: [lə bupɛʁ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The river Lay forms...
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    Les Sables-d'Olonne (French pronunciation: [le sabl dɔlɔn] ; French meaning: "The Sands of Olonne"; Poitevin: Lés Sablles d'Oloune) is a seaside resort...
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    year-round and significantly more precipitation in winter than in summer. Le Port de la Meule (Stack Harbor) La pointe des Corbeaux (Crows' Edge) La plage...
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    Fontenay-le-Comte (IPA: [fɔ̃tənɛ lə kɔ̃t]; Poitevin: Funtenaes or Fintenè) is a commune and subprefecture in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire...
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    With his first earnings he bought the mill, la Morvient, by the river in Le Boupère in the Vendée where he had spent part of his childhood. There he established...
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    Les Epesses (French pronunciation: [lez‿epɛs]), also spelled as Les Épesses, is a commune in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, western France....
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    the Vendée on 25 May 1804, replacing Fontenay-le-Comte (then under its revolutionary name of Fontenay-le-Peuple). At the time, most of La Roche had been...
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    Les Herbiers (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɛʁbje]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. Les Herbiers is...
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    kilometres. It is bordered by the communes of Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez to the north, Le Fenouiller to the north east, Givrand to the southeast, and Bretignolles-sur-Mer...
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    the town. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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