La Roche-sur-Yon

La Roche-sur-Yon is a town and commune in western France, préfecture (capital) of the Vendée département.

History

The town was built after Napoleon I had chosen his site to build the new préfecture of the Vendée, which replaced Fontenay-le-Comte on May 25, 1804.

The town was called successively:

• Napoléon-on-Yon (during the First French Empire)
• The Bourbon-Vendée (during the French Restoration)
• The Napoléon-Vendée (during the Second Republic)

Administration

The communauté de communes of the Pays Yonnais contains 15 communes: Aubigny , Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux , La Chaize-le-Vicomte , Les Clouzeaux , Dompierre-sur-Yon , La Ferrière , Fougeré , Landeronde , Mouilleron-le-Captif , Nesmy, La Roche-sur-Yon, Saint-Florent-des-Bois , Le Tablier , Thorigny and Venansault .

Administration

Twinnings

• Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Other

La-Roche-sur-Yon is chief town of two cantons:

• The canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-Nord (North) is made of part of La Roche sur-Yon and of the communes of Mouilleron-le-Captif and Venansault (29,789) (42.2%);
• The canton of the La Roche-sur-Yon-Sud (South) is made of part of Rock-on-Yon and of the communes of Aubigny, Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, La Chaize-le-Vicomte, Clouzeaux, Fougeré, Nesmy, Saint-Florent-des-Bois, Le Tabiler and Thorigny (40,920) (57.9%).