Essarts-en-Bocage

Essarts-en-Bocage
Essarts-en-Bocage

Coordinates: 46°46′28″N 1°13′37″W / 46.77444445°N 1.226944445°W / 46.77444445; -1.226944445Coordinates: 46°46′28″N 1°13′37″W / 46.77444445°N 1.226944445°W / 46.77444445; -1.226944445
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton Chantonnay
Intercommunality Pays des Essarts
Government
  Mayor (20162020) Freddy Riffaud
Area1 99.62 km2 (38.46 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 8,460
  Density 85/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 85165 / 85140
Elevation 48–116 m (157–381 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Essarts-en-Bocage is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Boulogne, Les Essarts, L'Oie and Sainte-Florence.[1]

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References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 5 October 2015 (French)
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