Barbâtre

Barbâtre
Barbâtre
Commune
	The former Frandière mill, in Barbâtre
	Coat of arms
	Location of Barbâtre
	Barbâtre Barbâtre
	Coordinates: 46°56′41″N 2°10′46″W / 46.9447°N 2.1794°W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Canton	Saint-Jean-de-Monts
Intercommunality	Île de Noirmoutier
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Louis Gibier
Area 1	12.47 km2 (4.81 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,755
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85011 /85630
Elevation	0–18 m (0–59 ft) ; (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barbâtre (French pronunciation: [baʁbatʁ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Geography

The altitude of the commune of Barbâtre lies between 0 and 19 meters. The area of the commune is 12.47 km².^[3]

Arms

The arms of the commune feature a counterchanged sun without face on a blue and gold field divided horizontally ("per fess") in waves; the French blazon is coupé ondé d'azur et d'or, au soleil non figuré de l'un en l'autre.