Essarts-en-Bocage | |
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Coordinates: 46°46′28″N 1°13′37″W / 46.77444445°N 1.226944445°WCoordinates: 46°46′28″N 1°13′37″W / 46.77444445°N 1.226944445°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Vendée |
Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
Canton | Chantonnay |
Intercommunality | Pays des Essarts |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016–2020) | Freddy Riffaud |
Area1 | 99.62 km2 (38.46 sq mi) |
Population (2013)2 | 8,460 |
• Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 85165 /85140 |
Elevation | 48–116 m (157–381 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Essarts-en-Bocage is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Boulogne, Les Essarts, L'Oie and Sainte-Florence.