Les Herbiers
Les Herbiers | |
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![]() The town hall in Les Herbiers | |
Coordinates: 46°52′N 1°01′W / 46.87°N 1.01°W | |
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] |
Area 1 | 88.78 km2 (34.28 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 16,453 |
• Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
Les Herbiers (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɛʁbje]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region, western France.
Population
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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[3] |
Sport
[edit]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
[edit]Les Herbiers is twinned with:
Notable people
[edit]- Guy Chevalier (born 1938), French clergyman and bishop
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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