Saint-Florent-des-Bois

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Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Coat of arms of Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Saint-Florent-des-Bois (France)
Saint-Florent-des-Bois
local community Rives de l'Yon
region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement La Roche-sur-Yon
Coordinates 46 ° 36 ′  N , 1 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′  N , 1 ° 19 ′  W
Post Code 85310
Former INSEE code 85213
Incorporation January 1, 2016
status Commune déléguée
Website http://www.saint-florent-des-bois.com/

Town hall of Saint-Florent-des-Bois

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Saint-Florent-des-Bois is a former French commune with 2,820 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belonged to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon and the canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-2 (until 2015: canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-Sud ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Florentais .

With effect from January 1, 2016, Saint-Florent-des-Bois was merged with Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux to form the Commune nouvelle Rives de l'Yon .

geography

Saint-Florent-des-Bois is eleven kilometers southeast of La Roche-sur-Yon . The Yon River forms the western boundary, the Marillet the eastern boundary . Saint-Florent-des-Bois is surrounded by the neighboring towns of La Roche-sur-Yon in the north and north-west, La Chaize-le-Vicomte in the north-east, Thorigny in the east, Château-Guibert in the south and south-east, Le Tablier in the south and south-west , Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux in the southwest and Nesmy in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,533 1,536 1,618 1,902 2,230 2,364 2,550 2,660
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint Florent Church
Saint Florent Church

Community partnerships

Saint-Florent-des-Bois has partnerships with the municipalities

  • Röthenbach im Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany, since 1989
  • Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, since 1991
  • Crasna in Judeţ Gorj, Wallachia, Romania, since 2008

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 896-901.

Web links

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