Essarts en Bocage
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region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Vendée | |
Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
Canton | Chantonnay | |
Community association | Pays de Saint-Fulgent Les Essarts | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 46 ′ N , 1 ° 14 ′ W | |
height | 48-116 m | |
surface | 99.62 km 2 | |
Residents | 8,931 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 90 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 85140 | |
INSEE code | 85084 | |
Website | http://www.essartsenbocage.fr/ | |
![]() Town hall (Mairie) of Essarts en Bocage (in Les Essarts) |
Essarts en Bocage is a French commune in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It is part of the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of Chantonnay . The inhabitants are called Essartois .
Essarts-en-Bocage was formed as Commune nouvelle on January 1, 2016 from the municipalities of Boulogne , Les Essarts , L'Oie and Sainte-Florence . In terms of area, it is the second largest municipality in the Vendée department.
structure
District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2016) |
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Boulogne | 85030 | 12.23 | 865 |
Les Essarts (administrative headquarters) | 85084 | 56.24 | 5,448 |
L'Oie | 85165 | 14.06 | 1,252 |
Sainte-Florence | 85212 | 17.09 | 1,239 |
geography
Essarts-en-Bocage is about 16 kilometers northeast of La Roche-sur-Yon . Essarts en Bocage is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Chauché in the north and north-west, Saint-André-Goule-d'Oie in the north, Vendrennes in the north and north-east, Mouchamps in the east, Sainte-Cécile in the south and south-east, Saint-Martin-des- Noyers in the south, La Merlatière in the west and southwest and Dompierre-sur-Yon in the west.
Autoroute A83 and Autoroute A87 intersect in the municipality .
Community partnerships
Through the former canton of Les Essarts, partnerships exist with the British municipality of Bicester in Oxfordshire (England) and with the German municipality of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016