Landeronde

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Landeronde
Landeronde Coat of Arms
Landeronde (France)
Landeronde
region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton La Roche-sur-Yon-1
Community association La Roche-sur-Yon agglomeration
Coordinates 46 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 34 ′  W
height 29-72 m
surface 17.96 km 2
Residents 2,279 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 127 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 85150
INSEE code
Website http://www.landeronde.com/

Landeronde is a French municipality with 2279 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Les Sables d'Olonne and the canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-1 (until 2015: canton of La Mothe-Achard ). The inhabitants are called Landeronnais .

geography

Landeronde is about eleven kilometers west-southwest of La Roche-sur-Yon and about 24 kilometers northeast of Les Sables-d'Olonne . Landeronde is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Venansault in the north and east, Les Clouzeaux in the south-east, Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups in the south, Saint-Georges-de-Pointindoux in the west and south-west and Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 859 854 822 1,444 1,613 1,817 2,061 2,238

Attractions

  • Gothic church from the 12th century
  • Les Forges castle

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 632-634.

Web links

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