La Faute-sur-Mer
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| region | Pays de la Loire | |
| Department | Vendée | |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables d'Olonne | |
| Canton | Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais | |
| Community association | Sud Vendée Littoral | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 20 ′ N , 1 ° 19 ′ W | |
| height | -2-17 m | |
| surface | 6.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 660 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 95 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 85460 | |
| INSEE code | 85307 | |
| Website | http://www.lafautesurmer.fr/ | |
La Faute-sur-Mer is a French village with 660 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Les Sables d'Olonne and the canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (until 2015: canton of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits ). The inhabitants are called Fautais .
geography
La Faute-sur-Mer is located about 38 kilometers south-southeast of La Roche-sur-Yon as a peninsula on the Atlantic coast . Here the Lay flows into the sea. La Faute-sur-Mer is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Grues in the north, L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer in the east and la Tranche-sur-Mer in the north-west.
history
The community was devastated by hurricane Xynthia in 2010 .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 536 | 587 | 698 | 693 | 885 | 905 | 1.008 | 703 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 659-660.
Web links
Commons : La Faute-sur-Mer - collection of images, videos and audio files
