Loire-Atlantique is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 1,429,272 in 2019.
La Roche-sur-Yon is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is Yonnais.
Île d'Yeu or L'Île-d'Yeu, is an island and commune just off the Vendée coast of western France. The island's two harbors, Port-Joinville in the north and Port de la Meule to the south, in a rocky inlet of the southern granite coast, are famous for tuna and lobster fishing, respectively.
The Sèvre Nantaise is a river in the Pays de la Loire regions in western France. It is a left-bank tributary of the Loire. Its total length is 141.8 km (88.1 mi). Its source is in the Deux-Sèvres department, near Secondigny. It flows from south to north through the departments and towns listed here, reaching the river Loire in the city of Nantes. That city gives it the name Sèvre Nantaise, distinguishing it from the Sèvre Niortaise further south. Its longest tributaries are the Moine and the Petite Maine.
Les Sables-d'Olonne is a seaside resort and port on the Atlantic coast of western France. A subprefecture of the department of Vendée, Pays de la Loire, it has the administrative level of commune. On 1 January 2019, the municipalities of Olonne-sur-Mer, Château-d'Olonne and Les Sables-d'Olonne merged, retaining the latter name.
The Nantes Metropolis is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nantes. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Nantes. Its area is 523.4 km2. Its population was 636,013 in 2018, of which 314,138 in Nantes proper.
Clisson, is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the region of Pays de la Loire, western France.
Vertou is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
The arrondissement of Nantes is an arrondissement of France in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 76 communes. Its population is 881,045 (2021), and its area is 1,958.7 km2 (756.3 sq mi).
The arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon is an arrondissement of France in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 78 communes. Its population is 304,663 (2021), and its area is 2,489.1 km2 (961.0 sq mi).
Savenay is a town in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France which is part of the Pays de la Loire region. It is located on the Sillon de Bretagne and overlooks the marshes of the Loire river, seven kilometers to its south. Under the Old Regime, it was part of the province of Brittany.
Gétigné is a commune in the department of Loire-Atlantique in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Torfou is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Inhabitants of Torfou are known as Torfousiens and Torfousiennes.
Saint-Fulgent is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
La Bernardière is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It merged with the adjacent commune of Cugand on 1 January 2025 to form the commune of Cugand-la-Bernardière, but remains a delegated commune.
Le Perrier is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
The canton of Mortagne-sur-Sèvre is an administrative division of the Vendée department, western France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre.
Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Clisson. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Clisson. Its area is 309.6 km2. Its population was 56,135 in 2019, of which 7,435 in Clisson proper.
Communauté d'agglomération Terres de Montaigu is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Montaigu-Vendée. It is located in the Vendée department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Montaigu-Vendée. Its area is 379.3 km2. Its population was 49,428 in 2019, of which 20,424 in Montaigu-Vendée proper.
Cugand-la-Bernardière is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It was formed on 1 January 2025 by the merger of Cugand and La Bernardière.
