La Tranche-sur-Mer
Also known as La Tranche
commune in Vendée, France
Weather now
cached 13h ago12°broken clouds
76% 0.5 m/s OpenWeatherMap
7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
Place details
- Locality
- La Tranche-sur-Mer
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,671
Article
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.