BOURBON-VENDÉE (now Napoleon-Vendée), a town of France, capital of the department of La Vendée, on the river Yon, in Lat. 46.41. N. Long. 1. 26. W. It was founded by Napoleon on the site of the ancient La Rochelle-sur-Yon, and was called Napoleon-Vendée, in honour of its founder. At the Restoration its name was changed; but on the accession of Napoleon III. it resumed its original designation. Having neither trade nor manufactures, and situated in the midst of a heathy waste, it is regarded as the dulllest town in France. The public buildings, erected by command of Napoleon, were so hastily built that they have already begun to fall into ruins. Pop. (1851) 6186.