Essarts-en-Bocage

Essarts-en-Bocage
Commune
Location of Essarts-en-Bocage
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Essarts-en-Bocage is located in France
Essarts-en-Bocage
Essarts-en-Bocage
Essarts-en-Bocage is located in Pays de la Loire
Essarts-en-Bocage
Essarts-en-Bocage
Coordinates: 46°46′28″N 1°13′37″W / 46.77444445°N 1.226944445°W / 46.77444445; -1.226944445
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentVendée
ArrondissementLa Roche-sur-Yon
CantonChantonnay
IntercommunalityPays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts
Government
 • Mayor (2024–2026) Caroline Gilbert[1]
Area
1
68.47 km2 (26.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
6,835
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
85084 /85140
Elevation48–116 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.

Essarts-en-Bocage (French pronunciation: [esaʁ ɑ̃ bɔkaʒ]) 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.[3] On 1 January 2024, L'Oie and Sainte-Florence left Essarts-en-Bocage and were re-established as communes.[4]

Population

Population data refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2024.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006 5,381—    
2012 5,972+1.75%
2017 6,471+1.62%
2021 6,807+1.27%
Source: INSEE[5][6][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 5 October 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ Arrêtés préfectoraux 19 October 2023 (in French)
  5. ^ Populations légales 2006: 85 Vendée, INSEE
  6. ^ Populations légales 2012: 85 Vendée, INSEE
  7. ^ Populations légales 2017: 85 Vendée, INSEE
  8. ^ Populations légales 2021: 85 Vendée, INSEE
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