Arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon


The arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon is an arrondissement of France in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 77 communes. Its population is 293,895, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Aizenay
  2. Apremont
  3. Aubigny-les-Clouzeaux
  4. Bazoges-en-Paillers
  5. Beaufou
  6. Beaurepaire
  7. Bellevigny
  8. La Bernardière
  9. La Boissière-de-Montaigu
  10. Bournezeau
  11. Les Brouzils
  12. La Bruffière
  13. La Chaize-le-Vicomte
  14. Chantonnay
  15. Chanverrie
  16. La Chapelle-Palluau
  17. Chauché
  18. Chavagnes-en-Paillers
  19. La Copechagnière
  20. Cugand
  21. Dompierre-sur-Yon
  22. Les Epesses
  23. Essarts-en-Bocage
  24. Falleron
  25. La Ferrière
  26. Fougeré
  27. La Gaubretière
  28. La Genétouze
  29. Grand'Landes
  30. L'Herbergement
  31. Les Herbiers
  32. Landeronde
  33. Les Landes-Genusson
  34. Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne
  35. Maché
  36. Mallièvre
  37. La Merlatière
  38. Mesnard-la-Barotière
  39. Montaigu-Vendée
  40. Montréverd
  41. Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
  42. Mouchamps
  43. Mouilleron-le-Captif
  44. Nesmy
  45. Palluau
  46. Le Poiré-sur-Vie
  47. La Rabatelière
  48. Rives-de-l'Yon
  49. Rocheservière
  50. La Roche-sur-Yon
  51. Rochetrejoux
  52. Saint-André-Goule-d'Oie
  53. Saint-Aubin-des-Ormeaux
  54. Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse
  55. Sainte-Cécile
  56. Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
  57. Saint-Fulgent
  58. Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay
  59. Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis
  60. Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre
  61. Saint-Malô-du-Bois
  62. Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe
  63. Saint-Martin-des-Noyers
  64. Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls
  65. Saint-Paul-en-Pareds
  66. Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit
  67. Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine
  68. Saint-Prouant
  69. Saint-Vincent-Sterlanges
  70. Sigournais
  71. Le Tablier
  72. Thorigny
  73. Tiffauges
  74. Treize-Septiers
  75. Treize-Vents
  76. Venansault
  77. Vendrennes

    History

The arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon was created in 1804. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Vendée, it received eight communes from the arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne, and it lost 11 communes to the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte. In January 2019 the commune Landeronde passed from the arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne to the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon were, as of January 2015:
  1. Chantonnay
  2. Les Essarts
  3. Les Herbiers
  4. Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
  5. Montaigu
  6. Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
  7. Le Poiré-sur-Vie
  8. Rocheservière
  9. La Roche-sur-Yon-Nord
  10. La Roche-sur-Yon-Sud
  11. Saint-Fulgent