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    Avrillé (French pronunciation: [avʁije] ) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The 16th-century Château...
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  • Maine-et-Loire, in the Maine-et-Loire department Avrillé, Vendée, in the Vendée department Avrillé-les-Ponceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire department This disambiguation...
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  • arms) of the communes in la Vendée. (Department 85) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coats of arms of cities in Vendée. Contents:  A B C D E F G H...
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  • on 18 January 1794 in Avrillé) was one of the French Catholic martyrs of Angers, who were massacred during the War in the Vendée for supporting the anti-royalist...
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    Napoléon-sur-Yon (during the First French Empire) Bourbon-Vendée (during the French Restoration) Napoléon-Vendée (during the French Second Empire) The river Yon...
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    Céleste Bulkeley (category Military personnel of the War in the Vendée)
    aristocrat and soldier in the Catholic and Royal Army during the war in the Vendée. She was one of at least six women in the army of François de Charette known...
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    Jourjon died on 4 September 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine. In 2010, the town of Avrillé, Vendée named a street after Jourjon. "Ville d'Avrillé - Histoire des noms...
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  • [boʁpɛʁ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire national...
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    Île d'Yeu (category Communes of Vendée)
    pronunciation: [il djø]) 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...
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    Essarts Communauté de communes Sud Vendée Littoral Communauté de communes Vendée Grand Littoral Communauté de communes Vendée, Sèvre, Autise Communauté de communes...
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    Les Sables-d'Olonne (category Communes of Vendée)
    included. The Vendée Globe yacht race, which takes place every four years, starts and ends at Les Sables-d'Olonne.[citation needed] The Vendée Air Show has...
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    Fontenay-le-Comte (category Communes of Vendée)
    Royalist Vendeans during the Revolt in the Vendée (1793). From 1790 to 1806 it was capital of the Vendée department. At Maison Laval on rue Rabelais...
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    Château de la Guignardière (category Châteaux in Vendée)
    [ʃato də la ɡiɲaʁdjɛʁ]) is a 16th-century château located outside Avrillé, in the Vendée department, western France. It was begun in 1555, but was never...
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    Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez (category Communes of Vendée)
    Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ilɛʁ də ʁje]) is a commune in the Vendée department, administrative region of Pays de la Loire, western France....
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    Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Lac d'Apremont is formed by the Apremont dam at the town. Communes of the Vendée department...
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    dines with his son Thomas at La Croix Cadeau, a high-end restaurant in Avrillé, near Angers. The pair arrived at about 9 pm. Xavier ordered a €35 tasting...
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    La Tranche-sur-Mer (category Communes of Vendée)
    pronunciation: [la tʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ mɛʁ], literally La Tranche on Sea) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The final stages...
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    Noirmoutier-en-l'Île (category Communes of Vendée)
    the northern part of the island of Noirmoutier, just off the coast of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The history...
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    Coëx (category Communes of Vendée)
    Coëx (French pronunciation: [kɔɛks]) is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The organist Joseph Joubert...
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    Notre-Dame-de-Monts (category Communes of Vendée)
    də mɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire national...
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    L'Herbergement (category Communes of Vendée)
    [lɛʁbɛʁʒəmɑ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire national...
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    Les Epesses (category Communes of Vendée)
    pronunciation: [lez‿epɛs]), also spelled as Les Épesses, is a commune in the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, western France. It is best known for the Puy...
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    Sainte-Florence (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t flɔʁɑ̃s]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Between January...
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  • counter-revolutionaries were trained, groups such as the Vendée mostly used guerrilla warfare as a tactic to fight. The Vendée were responsible for many revolts and as...
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    Le Poiré-sur-Vie (category Communes of Vendée)
    Poiré on Vie) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire national...
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    Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (category Communes of Vendée)
    Futé Vendée (12th ed.). Paris: Petit Futé. pp. 328–341. ISBN 978-2-7469-2177-1. OCLC 470903402. "Historique de la Vendée" [History of the Vendée] (in...
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    Bretignolles-sur-Mer (category Communes of Vendée)
    Brétignolles-sur-Mer) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire national...
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    Génétouze) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire national...
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    [nalje]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Communes of the Vendée department "Répertoire national...
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  • Vix (French pronunciation: [viks]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Gaston Chaissac (1910–1964)...
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