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Les Sables-d'Olonne (French meaning: "The Sands of Olonne") is a seaside town in Western France, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Vendée, and has the administrative level of commune. Les Sables-d'Olonne is a seaside town in western France, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is situated on the coast between La Rochelle and Saint-Nazaire, near the coastal terminus of the A87 that connects it and nearby communities to La Roche-sur-Yon, Cholet, and Angers to the northeast. The nearest major metropolitan center of France, to Les Sables-d'Olonne, is Nantes, to the north (approximately 105 km, by road).

t is at the level of administrative division in the French Republic of a commune roughly equivalent to civil townships in the United States and is a sub-prefecture of the Department of Vendée. Les Sables-d'Olonne is French for "the sands of Olonne". It was founded in 1218 from Havre d'Olonne by Savary I de Mauléon, the Lord of Mauléon, Sénéchal of Poitou and prince of Talmont. Its history is tied to the ocean for which it has served as a port and point of maritime commerce. Louis XI separated Les Sables d'Olonne from the town of Olonne in 1472.

The Vendée Globe yacht race, which takes place every four years, starts and ends at Les Sables-d'Olonne. The Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix is a municipal museum situated in a 17th-century building that is devoted to modern and contemporary art, and that has "Musée de France" status. It includes works of Gaston Chaissac (1910–1964) and Victor Brauner (1903–1966). Les Sables-d'Olonne is the setting for 1948 novel Les Vacances de Maigret (fr), by Georges Simenon. The town is the birthplace of pirate François l'Olonnais.

Alot to see in ( Les Sables d'Olonne - France ) such as :

Parc zoologique des Sables d'Olonnes
musée Sainte-Croix
Museum of Shell
La Tour d'Arundel
Sea Museum
L'île Penotte
Aquarium le Septième Continent
Casino Les Sables d'Olonne
Les Sables d'Olonne
Automobile Museum
Église Saint Nicolas de la Chaume
La plage de Sauveterre
Beach Sauveterre
Le Puits d'Enfer
Eglise Notre-Dame du Bon-Port
L'Armendèche lighthouse
Église Saint-Pierre
Clocher Panoramique de l'Ile d'Olonne
Musée des traditions populaires
Circuit Mecamax
Sellier Jean-Marie
Plage du Tanchet
Le Havre d'Olonne
La baie de Cayola
Château de Pierre Levée
Aire des Vallées
Plage de Sauveterre