The Vendée department remains on orange alert for the Carmen Storm with to the risk of strong wind and the risk of flooding from waves. At Bouin, a wind turbine has collapsed In late morning on Monday 1 January, the west wind southwest blew strong enough, with gusts observed to 113 km/h to Yeu Island and 111 […]
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Carmen storm will sweep France Monday 1st January 2018. 26 departments were placed on orange alert for strong winds and waves-submergence. The year changes, not the weather: after Ana and Bruno in December, a new storm, Carmen, will cross France from west to east Monday 1 January 2018 , particularly threatening the atlantic coastal region according to Météo-France. This third […]
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Despite a slight increase in the number of unemployed in October, the unemployment rate in the Pays de la Loire fell 2.2% in the last three months … Despite a slight increase in the number of unemployed in October, the unemployment rate in the Pays de la Loire fell 2.2% in the last three months, […]
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The summer 2017 saw the return of foreign tourists to the region (+ 11.5% compared to 2016), according to figures released by INSEE and the Regional Agency of the Pays de la Loire this Friday. INSEE, in collaboration with the Regional Agency of the Pays de la Loire, just published figures in tourism of summer […]
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LUCK: A 73 year old won the jackpot on Tuesday at a casino in Vendée. She had dreamed the night before! … Dream afternoon on Tuesday for a seventy year old from Vendée. This regular at the casino of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de- Vie often plays on the slot machine. She put a sum of 2.50 euros and, surprise, the machine […]
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SAILING: Organisers of 2018 Golden Globe race blame Brexit for switch of venue to the Vendée The 50th anniversary Golden Globe race will depart from Les Sables d’Olonne in the Vendée on June 2018, it has been announced, amid claims from race organisers that Brexit had scuttled plans it to start in Plymouth. The Devon […]
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The Credit Agricole bank closed several of its agencies in Loire-Atlantique and Vendée. The objective, to reorganise to offer a better service. Last spring, hundreds of employees of Credit Agricole Loire-Atlantique and Vendée went on strike to protest against the announced closure of certain agencies, as part of a major reorganization of the bank. “We wanted to […]
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An earthquake of a magnitude of 3.6 was recorded in Vendée at 0.44am on Monday morning, according to data published on the website of the National Seismic Monitoring Network. A magnitude of 3.6 was the earthquake that was felt this morning in Vendee, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Network (RéNaSS). The epicenter was located 13 […]
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PROPERTY: The sale of the chateau of La Garnache and surrounding land began in March. The chateau of La Garnache (photo), its park, its dependence on the rest of the property is for sale for € 997,500 (agency fees included). A local consultation had proposed to the people that the town hall purchases the property had resulted in […]
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Dramatic accident in Vendée, Sunday morning, the first day of the new hunting season. A 13 year old boy was the victim of a gunshot to the head. Transported in serious condition in Nantes, he died of his injuries. A 13 year old boy died from a gunshot to the head, fired by his grandfather, Sunday morning […]
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