Saint Florent Des Bois

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Saint-Florent-des-Bois is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is located on the periphery of La Roche-sur-Yon. The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. The name Vendée is taken from the Vendée river which runs through the south-eastern part of the department.Thhe area today called the Vendée was originally known as the Bas-Poitou and is part of the former province of Poitou. In the south-east corner, the village of Nieul-sur-l'Autise is believed to be the birthplace of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) and was part of her kingdom. Eleanor's son, Richard I of England (the Lionheart) often had his base in Talmont.