Saint-Florent-des-Bois

Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Part of Rives-de-l'Yon
The town hall in Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Saint-Florent-des-Bois Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Coordinates: 46°35′40″N 1°18′53″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Commune	Rives-de-l'Yon
Area 1	36.76 km2 (14.19 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	2,858
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	85310
Elevation	18–83 m (59–272 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Florent-des-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ flɔʁɑ̃ de bwa]) is a former commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-de-l'Yon.

It is located on the periphery of La Roche-sur-Yon.

Twin towns

Saint-Florent-des-Bois is twinned with the village of Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England

Geography

The river Yon forms part of the commune's western border.

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department