Les Herbiers

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Les Herbiers
Commune
The town hall in Les Herbiers
The town hall in Les Herbiers
Coat of arms of Les Herbiers
Coat of arms
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
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

See also

References

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  2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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