La Tranche-sur-Mer
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For homonymy, see Trenche.
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.
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La Tranche-sur-Mer | |
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Coordinates: 46°20′38″N 1°26′18″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Vendée |
Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Canton | Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Serge Kubryk[1] |
Area 1 | 17.63 km2 (6.81 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,054 |
• Density | 170/km2 (450/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) |
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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The final stages of the action of 30 June 1798, during which all three combatant frigates grounded, was fought just off the harbour.