La Roche-sur-Yon
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Commune of La Roche-sur-Yon |
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| 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 (12 communes, 75,156 inhab.) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays yonnais (82 296 habitants) |
| Mayor | Pierre Regnault (PS) (2004-2008) |
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| Elevation | 32 m–94 m (avg. 74 m) |
| Land area¹ | 87,52 km² |
| Population² (2004) |
50,800 |
| - Density | 580/km² (2004) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 85191/ 85000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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La Roche-sur-Yon is a town and commune in western France, préfecture (capital) of the Vendée département. Its inhabitants are called Yonnais.
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[edit] 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.
The town was called successively:
- Napoléon-on-Yon (during the First French Empire)
- Bourbon-Vendée (during the French Restoration)
- Napoléon-Vendée (during the Second Republic)
[edit] 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.
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).
La-Roche-sur-Yon is chief town of two cantons, covering 12 communes, with a total population of 70,709.
- The canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-Nord (North) is made of part of La Roche-sur-Yon and of the communes of Mouilleron-le-Captif and Venansault (29,789) (42.2%);
- The canton of the La Roche-sur-Yon-Sud (South) is made of part of Roche-sur-Yon and of the communes of Aubigny, Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, La Chaize-le-Vicomte, Les Clouzeaux, Fougeré, Nesmy, Saint-Florent-des-Bois, Le Tablier and Thorigny (40,920) (57.9%).
- Cantons: chief town de 2 cantons (12 communes,70,709 inhabitants)
- Population with double accounts(1999): 52,947 inhabitants
- Population without double accounts (1999): 49,262 inhabitants
- Intercommunality (2004): Communauté de Communes du Pays Yonnais 79,665 inhabitants
[edit] Miscellaneous
La Roche-sur-Yon is twinned with:
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