Luçon

Luçon
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Luçon Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Luçon
Coat of arms of Luçon Coat of arms
Luçon
Location within Pays de la Loire region Luçon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Luçon
Intercommunality	Pays né de la mer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre-Guy Perrier
Area1	31.52 km2 (12.17 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	10,053
• Density	320/km2 (830/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	85128 / 85400
Elevation	1–40 m (3.3–131.2 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.

Luçon (pronounced: [lysɔ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Its inhabitants are known as Luçonnais.

It is the seat of the Diocese of Luçon and Luçon Cathedral, where Cardinal Richelieu once served as bishop.

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department
• In Luçon's mairie there is a sculpture of Richelieu by Pierre Charles Lenoir

References

• INSEE