Les Achards Explained

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]

Geography

Climate

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/9/30/INTB1629482A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral