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La Roche-sur-Yon (pronounced [la ʁɔʃ syʁ jɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is Yonnais.[2]
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La Roche-sur-Yon | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
 Square Napoléon (Place Napoléon) | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of La Roche-sur-Yon  | |
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| Coordinates: 46°40′14″N 1°25′34″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Canton | La Roche-sur-Yon-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Luc Bouard |
| Area 1 | 87.52 km2 (33.79 sq mi) |
| Population | 55,147 |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85191 /85000 |
| Elevation | 32–94 m (105–308 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
The town expanded significantly after Napoleon I chose the site as the new préfecture of the Vendée on 25 May 1804, replacing Fontenay-le-Comte (then under its revolutionary name of Fontenay-le-Peuple). At the time, most of La Roche had been eradicated in the Vendée Revolt (1793–96); the renamed Napoléonville was laid out and a fresh population of soldiers and civil servants was brought in. Napoléonville was designed to accommodate 15,000 people.[3]
The town was called successively:
- La Roche-sur-Yon (during the Ancien Régime and the French First Republic)
- Napoléon-sur-Yon (during the First French Empire)
- Bourbon-Vendée (during the French Restoration)
- Napoléon-Vendée (during the French Second Empire)
Geography
The river Yon flows southward through the commune and crosses the town.
Climate
La Roche-sur-Yon has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in La Roche-sur-Yon is 12.4 °C (54.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 885.5 mm (34.86 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 19.5 °C (67.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.1 °C (43.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in La Roche-sur-Yon was 41.5 °C (106.7 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.4 °C (4.3 °F) on 10 February 1986.
| Town | Sunshine (hours/yr) |
Rain (mm/yr) | Snow (days/yr) | Storm (days/yr) | Fog (days/yr) |
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| National average | 1,973 | 770 | 14 | 22 | 40 |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 1,922.4 | 880.7 | 4.9 | 13.1 | 56.4 |
| Paris | 1,661 | 637 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
| Nice | 2,724 | 767 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Strasbourg | 1,693 | 665 | 29 | 29 | 56 |
| Brest | 1,605 | 1,211 | 7 | 12 | 75 |
| Climate data for La Roche-sur-Yon (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1984−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
38.8 (101.8) |
41.5 (106.7) |
38.7 (101.7) |
34.2 (93.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
41.5 (106.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.5 (43.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.9 (5.2) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
2.8 (37.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 94.8 (3.73) |
70.5 (2.78) |
64.4 (2.54) |
65.9 (2.59) |
62.4 (2.46) |
45.3 (1.78) |
47.9 (1.89) |
52.1 (2.05) |
71.9 (2.83) |
98.7 (3.89) |
108.1 (4.26) |
103.5 (4.07) |
885.5 (34.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.6 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 121.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 73.6 | 106.4 | 151.1 | 183.6 | 210.8 | 229.0 | 241.4 | 235.7 | 199.1 | 128.8 | 88.9 | 74.0 | 1,922.4 |
| Source: Meteo France[5][6][7] | |||||||||||||
Population
The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of La Roche-sur-Yon proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of La Roche-sur-Yon absorbed the former communes of Le Bourg-sous-la-Roche-sur-Yon and Saint-André-d'Ornay in 1964.[8]
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Administration
The Communauté d'agglomération "La Roche-sur-Yon Agglomération" contains 15 communes:
- Aubigny
- Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux
- La Chaize-le-Vicomte
- Les Clouzeaux
- Dompierre-sur-Yon
- La Ferrière
- Fougeré
- Landeronde
- Mouilleron-le-Captif
- Nesmy
- La Roche-sur-Yon
- Saint-Florent-des-Bois
- Le Tablier
- Thorigny
- Venansault
La Roche-sur-Yon is the chief town of the Arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon, which covers 11 cantons, 92 communes, and has a population of 230,386 (1999 census).
La-Roche-sur-Yon is chief town of two cantons, Canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-1 and Canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-2.
Main sights
Napoléon's statue (1854)
Kiosk on Napoléon square![Napoléon square / Place Napoléon [fr]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Animaux_m%C3%A9caniques_Place_Napol%C3%A9on_LRSY.JPG/120px-Animaux_m%C3%A9caniques_Place_Napol%C3%A9on_LRSY.JPG)
Napoléon square / Place Napoléon
Saint-Louis church
Saint-Louis church
Saint-Louis church organ
Saint Louis Church of La Roche-sur-Yon
Saint Louis Church of La Roche-sur-Yon
Theatre
Old Hospital
Museum
Post office
Prefecture building
Sacré-cœur church
Renaissance house (1566)
Old Palais de Justice
Benjamin Rabier media library
Train station
Fontenelles Abbey
![Napoléon square / Place Napoléon [fr]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Animaux_m%C3%A9caniques_Place_Napol%C3%A9on_LRSY.JPG)
Transport
The Gare de La Roche-sur-Yon railway station offers connections to Nantes, Paris, Les Sables-d'Olonne, Bordeaux and several regional destinations. The A87 motorway connects La Roche-sur-Yon with Les Sables-d'Olonne and Angers, the A83 with Nantes and Niort.
Education
The commune has designated attendance zones for its primary schools.[10]
Schools include:
- 2 public preschools (écoles maternelles)[11]
- 2 public elementary schools[11]
- 13 public school groups of combined preschools and elementary schools[11]
- 6 private elementary schools[11]
- Public junior high schools: Collège Auguste et Jean-Renoir, Collège mixte Les Gondoliers, Collège mixte Edouard Herriot, Collège Haxo[12]
- Private junior high schools: Collège mixte du Sacré-Coeur, Collège mixte Richelieu, Collège mixte Saint-Louis[12]
- Public senior high schools: Lycée Nature (general education and agricultural technology), Lycée d'état mixte Alfred-Kastler, Lycée polyvalent Jean de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Lycée polyvalent Pierre-Mendès-France, and Lycée professionnel Edoaurd Branly[13]
- Private senior high schools: Lycée Saint-François d'Assise, Lycée d'enseignement général et technologique Notre-Dame-du-Roc, Lycée les Etablières[13]
- One grande école : Institut catholique d'arts et métiers
Sports
In 2014 La Roche-sur-yon hosted the 2014 French championship of table tennis[14]
La Roche-sur-Yon's Vendéspace hosted one of the first round ties of the 2014 Davis Cup tennis tournament over the weekend of 31 January - 2 February 2014. France hosted Australia as both teams competed for a place in the World Group quarterfinals.
In 2015 La Roche-sur-Yon, will host the 2015 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup, the first time that a World Cup of roller hockey is held in France.
In June 2015 La Roche-sur-Yon's Vendéspace will host the qualification tournament for the World Championships in Savate Combat[15]
Twin towns – sister cities
La Roche-sur-Yon is twinned with:[16]
Gummersbach, Germany
Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Drummondville, Canada
Cáceres, Spain, since 1982
Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, since 1989- Burg bei Magdeburg, Germany, since 2005
- Broomhedge, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, since 2021
Notable people
- Joséphine Colomb (1833-1892), children's writer, lyricist, translator
- Ciryl Gane (born 1990), mixed martial artist, former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion
- Adlène Guedioura (born 1985), Algerian former professional footballer
- Thomas Laurent (born 1998), racing driver
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- "yonnais - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, Picador, London (2007), pp257-8
- Paris, Nice, Strasbourg, Brest
- "Données climatiques de la station de La Roche-sur-Yon" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- "Climat Pays de la Loire" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Roche-sur-Yon, EHESS. (in French)
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- "Sectorisation scolaire 2016." La Roche-sur-Yon. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.
- "." La Roche Sur-Yon. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.
- "Collèges." La Roche Sur-Yon. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.
- "Lycées." La Roche Sur-Yon. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.
- "Les résultats des Championnats de France 2014 de tennis de table | Championnat de France | Actualité Nationale | ACTUALITE". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- "Ouverture de session / Utilisateur - Vendespace".
- "Villes partenaires". larochesuryon.fr (in French). La Roche-sur-Yon. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
External links
- Official website (in French)
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[de] La Roche-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon ist eine französische Stadt mit 55.147 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Vendée, das zur Region Pays de la Loire gehört. Sie ist der Verwaltungssitz des Départements, also Sitz der Präfektur. Die Stadt wird vom Fluss Yon durchquert.- [en] La Roche-sur-Yon
[fr] La Roche-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon est une commune de l'Ouest de la France, préfecture du département de la Vendée, situé dans la région des Pays de la Loire.[ru] Ла-Рош-сюр-Йон
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