Les Herbiers

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Les Herbiers

(2022–2026) Christophe Hogard^[1]Area

88.78 km² (34.28 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

16,453 • Density190/km² (480/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

85109 /85500

Elevation69–245 m (226–804 ft)Websitewww.lesherbiers.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Herbiers (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɛʁbje]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region, western France.

Population

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Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	9,050	—
1975	10,599	+2.28%
1982	12,049	+1.85%
1990	13,413	+1.35%
1999	13,932	+0.42%
2007	14,893	+0.84%
2012	15,688	+1.05%
2017	15,958	+0.34%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sport

Les Herbiers is host to the Chrono des Nations, an annual one-day individual time trial bicycle race, held in October. Les Herbiers VF is based in the commune.

Twin towns

Les Herbiers is twinned with:

Newtown, United Kingdom

Notable people

Guy Chevalier (born 1938), French clergyman and bishop

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE