War in the Vendée
Machecoul () is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Machecoul-Saint-Même. Its 5,732 inhabitants are called "Machecoulais". It was the site of First Massacre of Machecoul, the opening of the War in the Vendée in 1793.