Brem-sur-Mer
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brem-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [bʁɛm syʁ mɛʁ], literally Brem on Sea) is a commune in the Vendée département in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
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Coordinates: 46°36′19″N 1°49′48″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Vendée |
Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Canton | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez |
Intercommunality | CA Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Yann Thomas[1] |
Area 1 | 15.85 km2 (6.12 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,872 |
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 85243 /85470 |
Elevation | 0–55 m (0–180 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
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It was created in 1974 by the merger of the former communes of Saint Martin-de-Brem and Saint Nicolas-de-Brem.
The commune is a beach resort on the Atlantic Ocean (sur-mer means "on-sea"); "Brem" is derived in etymology from the Gaulish "bram".