Les Herbiers
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Les Herbiers | ||
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Commune | ||
The town hall in Les Herbiers
The town hall in Les Herbiers
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Country | France | |
Region | Pays de la Loire | |
Department | Vendée | |
Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon | |
Canton | Les Herbiers | |
Intercommunality | Pays des Herbiers | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2022–2026) | Christophe Hogard[1] | |
Area1 | 88.78 km2 (34.28 sq mi) | |
Population (Jan. 2018)2 | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | |
INSEE/Postal code | 85109 / 85500 | |
Elevation | 69–245 m (226–804 ft) | |
Website | www.lesherbiers.fr | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Les Herbiers (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɛʁbje]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region, western France.
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1968 | 9,050 | — |
1975 | 10,599 | +2.28% |
1982 | 12,049 | +1.85% |
1990 | 13,413 | +1.35% |
1999 | 13,932 | +0.42% |
2007 | 14,893 | +0.84% |
2012 | 15,688 | +1.05% |
2017 | 15,958 | +0.34% |
Source: INSEE[2] |
Sport
Les Herbiers is host to the Chrono des Nations, an annual one-day individual time trial bicycle race, held in October. Les Herbiers VF is based in the commune.
Twin towns
Les Herbiers is twinned with:
Notable people
- Guy Chevalier (born 1938), French clergyman and bishop
See also
References
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- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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