La Roche-sur-Yon

La Roche-sur-Yon
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Main town of ; La Roche-sur-Yon-1 ; La Roche-sur-Yon-2
Community association	La Roche-sur-Yon agglomeration
Coordinates	46 ° 40 ′ N , 1 ° 26 ′ W Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ N , 1 ° 26 ′ W
height	32-94 m
surface	87.52 km 2
Residents	54,372 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	621 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85000
INSEE code	85191
Website	http://www.ville-larochesuryon.fr/
	; Place Napoleon with statue and ; Saint-Louis church

La Roche-sur-Yon is a French city with 54,372 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Vendée department , which belongs to the Pays de la Loire region . It is the administrative seat of the department , i.e. the seat of the prefecture . The city is crossed by the River Yon .

history

The city in its present form was built under Napoleon , who in 1804 moved the seat of the prefecture of Fontenay-le-Comte to the newly built city.

Since then, the city has had different names throughout history:

Napoléon (during the First French Empire , named after Napoléon Bonaparte, 1804–1814 / 15)
Bourbon-Vendée (during the restoration )
La Roche-sur-Yon (during the Second French Republic ; roche means rock)
Napoléon-Vendée (during the Second French Empire ) ( Napoleon III , 1852–1870)
La Roche-sur-Yon (since 1870).

In 2004 the city celebrated the 200th anniversary of its founding by Napoleon.

Attractions

Special sights are the Place Napoléon , the prefecture and the Saint-Louis church .

museum
Post office building
Church Saint-Louis inside
Sacré-Cœur Church

Maison Renaissance (1566)

Fontenelles Abbey

theatre

Maison Gueffier

Media library

Train station

Sports

The city has two football clubs that have been represented in France's top two leagues in the past. For men, it was the clubs FC Yonnais and AEPB La Roche (each in Division 2 ), which have now merged to form La Roche Vendée Football , and for women , this is the Étoile Sportive Ornaysienne de Football , which even once (1999) became a French club Has brought runner-up.

Teaching and Research

Institute catholique d'arts et métiers

Town twinning

La Roche-sur-Yon has twinning partnerships with six cities. In addition, there are friendship agreements with four other cities. There are also agreements on development cooperation with five cities. La Roche-sur-Yon is also a founding member of the Union of European Napoleonic Cities .

Town twinning

Germany Gummersbach in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1968
United Kingdom Coleraine in Northern Ireland since 1980
Spain Cáceres in the Extremadura region since 1982
Canada Drummondville in the Province of Quebec since 1982
Algeria Tizi Ouzou in Algeria since 1989
Germany Burg (near Magdeburg) in Saxony-Anhalt since 2005

Friendship contracts

Greece Afandou , Greece
Denmark Hørsholm , Denmark
Finland Oulainen , Finland
Sweden Leksand , Sweden

Development cooperation

Romania Costache Negri in Romania , since 1989
China People's Republic Zibo in the Chinese Province of Shandong , friendship treaty since 1991
Senegal Tambacounda in Senegal , since 1995
Palastina autonomous areas Al Yamoun in Palestine , since 1996
Belgium Sint-Niklaas in Flanders, Belgium, since 2003