Loire-Atlantique, Vendee - Michelin Local Map 316: Map (Michelin Local Maps, 316)

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North Coast and Breton Vendée Marshes: Find here the islands of Noirmoutier and the island of Yeu, as well as Challans and some of the largest seaside resorts on the coast. Fine and warm sand, maritime forests, dune cordon… You will also discover the salt marshes of the Marais Breton Vendéen, a strong ecosystem of Vendée, a use by humans for centuries, of these a priori unfavorable environments. Jean-Clément Martin, La Vendée et la Révolution. Accepter la mémoire pour écrire l'histoire, Perrin, collection Tempus, 2007, pp. 68–69

Masson, Sophie Remembering the Vendée (Godspy 2004. First published in "Quadrant" magazine Australia, 1996) In the heart of the modern controversy lies Secher's evidence, which Charles Tilly analyzed in 1990. [78] Initially, Tilly maintains, Secher completed a thoughtful dissertation-style thesis about the revolutionary experience in his own village, La Chapelle-Basse-Mer, which lies near Nantes. In the published version of his thesis, he incorporated some of Tilly's own arguments: that conflicts within communities generalized into a region-wide confrontation of anti-revolutionary majority based in the countryside with a pro-revolutionary minority that had particular strength in the cities. The split formed with the application of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the oath to support it, in 1790–1792. From then, the local conflicts grew more sharply defined, over the choice between juring and non-juring priests. The conscription of March 1793, with the questionable exemption for Republican officials and National Guard members, broadened the anti-revolutionary coalition and brought the young men into action. [79]

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Continuing towards the south, Bretignolles-sur-Mer is a small resort with a very long beach while Sables d'Olonne is one of the most upmarket resorts in this part of France and stays active into the evening with lots of restaurants and entertainments. The municipality with the lowest altitude of the department of Vendée is: L'Aiguillon-sur-Merwith 1 m St.Etienne-du-Bois . A small village in the north of the Vendée which was virtually untouched by the Wars of the Vendée, it has.... Read More... Charles Tilly, "Local Conflicts in the Vendée before the rebellion of 1793", French Historical Studies II, Fall 1961, p. 219

Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, the port at Port Bourgenay and the nearby beach at Plage de Veillon together make for an interesting destination: see Port Bourgenay.

Heart of Vendée: We start from La Roche-sur-Yon, the prefecture of Vendée and a dynamic city, propelled by Napoleon, well located and constantly evolving. To the east we approach the plain and the bocage and to the west, we discover charming towns, straddling the plain and the sea, endowed with a beautiful heritage.