Les Achards | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Canton: | Talmont-Saint-Hilaire |
Insee: | 85152 |
Postal Code: | 85150 |
Mayor: | Michel Valla[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays-des-Achards |
Coordinates: | 46.619°N -1.658°W |
Area Km2: | 30.30 |
Les Achards (in French pronounced as /le.z‿aʃaʁ/) is a commune in the department of Vendée, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of La Mothe-Achard (the seat) and La Chapelle-Achard.[2]
Les Achards has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Les Achards is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Achards was on 12 July 1949; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 16 January 1985.