5 good reasons for exploring the La Roche-sur-Yon area

The design created by architect Alexandre Chemetoff (Grand Prix National EcoQuartier, 2011, for the cities of Nancy and Saint-Etienne), has turned Place Napoléon into a real open-air living room in the town centre

The creation of a new town in 1804 by imperial decree is the starting point of an incredible spurt of growth which matched the rapid development of the nineteenth century.

This prime natural heritage offers a wide variety of landscapes peopled by legends and vestiges of bygone centuries, and criss-crossed by footpaths; wild fauna and flora inhabit these fabled haunts from Piquet at Le Tablier down to the mouth of the Yon.