Commune of Vendée, in the Pays de la Loire, Commequiers takes place about forty kilometers from La Roche-sur-Yon, in the heart of Poitou. It is located not far from Soullans, Challans or Notre-Dame-de-Riez.
Long focused on agriculture and breeding, the rural town of Commequiers developed in the course of the 19th century with the arrival of the railway line linking Nantes to La Roche-sur-Yon. Transformed into a vélorail, it has enabled the city of Vendée to turn mainly to tourism.