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THE VENDEE is a large département about the size of Devon, somewhere between the size of Maine and West Virginia, located on the French Atlantic coast, just south of Brittany and Nantes, and north of La Rochelle. It is positioned, within 2 to 5 hours of the various western ferry ports, making the Vendée an easy day's journey from Britain and Ireland. The population, according to the 1999 census, was 540,000 and has remained fairly static since then.
The name "Vendée" is taken from the river that runs through the south-east of the département. After crossing the forest of Mervent the Vendée flows through the town of Fontenay-le-Comte, which used to be the capital of Bas-Poitou - the departement name was changed to Vendée after the French Revolution of 1789 until Napoleon decided his soldiers could keep the Vendeans in order more easily from La Roche-sur-Yon. The Vendée river meanders on through the marshes to meet the Sevre Niortaise, and turns west to meet the sea in the bay known as the Anse de l'Aiguillon. A microclimate, claims to be similar to that of the Côte d'Azur, ensures that 2,500 hours of sunshine beam down on the Vendée's 140km of sandy beaches with June is traditionally being the driest month. |
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