Saint-Florent-des-Bois

Saint-Florent-des-Bois
Saint-Florent-des-Bois
	The town hall in Saint-Florent-des-Bois
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Saint-Florent-des-Bois Location within Pays de la Loire region Saint-Florent-des-Bois
	Coordinates: 46°35′40″N 1°18′53″W / 46.5944°N 1.3147°WCoordinates: 46°35′40″N 1°18′53″W / 46.5944°N 1.3147°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Intercommunality	Pays Yonnais
Area1	36.76 km2 (14.19 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,655
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85213 /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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Florent-des-Bois 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.^[1]

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

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

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