Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Saint-Florent-des-Bois | |
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Part of Rives-de-l'Yon | |
.jpg) The town hall in Saint-Florent-des-Bois | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Saint-Florent-des-Bois  | |
  Saint-Florent-des-Bois  Saint-Florent-des-Bois | |
| Coordinates: 46°35′40″N 1°18′53″W / 46.5944°N 1.3147°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Canton | Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais |
| Commune | Rives-de-l'Yon |
| Area 1 | 36.76 km2 (14.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 2,858 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 85310 |
| Elevation | 18–83 m (59–272 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Florent-des-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ flɔʁɑ̃ de bwa]) is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-de-l'Yon.[2]
It is located on the periphery of La Roche-sur-Yon.
Twin towns[edit]
Saint-Florent-des-Bois is twinned with the village of Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England
Geography[edit]
The river Yon forms part of the commune's western border.
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References[edit]
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