Les Sables-d'Olonne
Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
View of Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Advocata nostra, ora pro nobis | |
Location of Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
Les Sables-d'Olonne Les Sables-d'Olonne | |
| Coordinates: 46°29′50″N 1°47′00″W / 46.4972°N 1.7833°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Canton | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
| Intercommunality | Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2025–2026) | Nicolas Chénéchaud |
Area 1 | 86.07 km2 (33.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 49,603 |
| • Density | 576.3/km2 (1,493/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sablais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85194 /85100, 85340, 85180 |
| Elevation | 0–59 m (0–194 ft) |
| Website | ville |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Sables-d'Olonne (French pronunciation: [le sabl dɔlɔn] ⓘ; Poitevin: Lés Sablles d'Oloune; lit. 'The Sands of Olonne') is a seaside resort and port on the Atlantic coast of Western France, best known as the starting and finishing point of the round the world Vendée Globe yacht race. A subprefecture of the Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, administratively it is a commune, Vendée's second most populated after La Roche-sur-Yon. On 1 January 2019, the communes of Olonne-sur-Mer, Château-d'Olonne and Les Sables-d'Olonne merged, retaining the latter name.