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La Tranche-sur-Mer is a commune in France, situated within the Pays de la Loire region. It lies in the arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the canton of Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, with an associated electoral district in the canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais. The municipality shares borders with Angles, Grues, Longeville-sur-Mer, and La Faute-sur-Mer. Its official name is also recorded as La Tranche.
The area covers 17.63 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 3,136 residents (1,335 male and 1,570 female) and another citing 2,671. The elevation is recorded as 25 meters in one dataset and 0 meters in another. La Tranche-sur-Mer is twinned with Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Tranche-sur-Mer
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,671
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Department
- Vendée
- Arrondissement
- Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Canton
- Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Serge Kubryk
- Area
- 17.63 km (6.81 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 3,136
- Density
- 177.9/km (460.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 85294 /85360
- Elevation
- 0–25 m (0–82 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Tranche
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3136
- Area
- 17.63
- Elevation
- 4
- Shares border with
- L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île
- Official website
- www.latranchesurmer.fr
- Image
- Plage centrale de la Tranche-sur-Mer 2.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach
- Commons category
- La Tranche-sur-Mer
- postal code
- 85360
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
- male population
- 1335
- female population
- 1570
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-51-30-37-01
- fax number
- +33-2-51-27-71-62
Sources (4)
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Encyclopedic overview
La Tranche-sur-Mer ( French pronunciation: [la tʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ mɛʁ], literally La Tranche on Sea) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
The final stages of the action of 30 June 1798, during which all three combatant frigates grounded, was fought just off the harbour.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Tranche-sur-Mer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.