Domaine de l'Oiselière hosts residential seminars, study days, team-building programs, weddings and family gatherings for groups of 15 to 600 people, with up to 200 in a meeting setup and close to 200 beds in high season. The 7-hectare estate lies in the Bocage Vendéen countryside at Chauché, in the Vendée department of western France, and takes only one group at a time.
Seminars and company events
La Salle, the main meeting room, takes up to 100 people and always comes with a flip chart, amplifier, microphone, video projector and screen. For a larger plenary, La Halle adds space for up to 200 in a meeting layout. Setups include plenary, boardroom, island workshops, U-shape and classroom. Residential packages combine accommodation, three meals, two breaks, the equipped room and Wi-Fi, while a study day covers reception, a buffet lunch, two breaks and the room. Team-building activities are arranged with local partners in playful, sporting or collaborative formats. The estate is closed to cars, so groups walk between cottages, rooms and woods.
Weddings and receptions
For weddings, the reception room seats 130 and holds 200 standing, with a flowered terrace and a working fireplace. The Grande Halle seats 300 and holds 595 standing, with a dance floor, a wooden bar, a removable stage and trestle tables and benches that can serve a secular ceremony. A 58 m² professional kitchen is available to the caterer. Guests can sleep on site, and couples have used the heated pool the day after the wedding.
Rooms and capacities
La Salle covers 200 m², with geothermal underfloor heating and a large fireplace: 100 for a meeting, 130 seated for a meal and 200 standing. La Halle covers 400 m², is partly unheated and is booked together with La Salle: 200 in a meeting setup, 260 to 300 seated and 400 to 595 standing depending on the layout. Outdoor areas include a meadow, a small wood and large oak trees.
Accommodation
Cottages of 33 to 45 m² each have a bathroom, an equipped kitchenette, made beds and Wi-Fi. For seminars, the estate sleeps 48 people in single occupancy or 72 sharing, with no minimum group size. Wedding capacity varies by season: 56 beds from November to March, 162 in April and October, and 196 in May, June and September, when the lodges open. Pitches for tents and camper vans are possible on request.
Catering
Group meals are buffets with a hot dish at breakfast, lunch and dinner, with coffee and wine included in residential packages. Cocktail lunches or dinners and plated menus are available on request. The estate also runs a bar and restaurant using organic and local products, and a seasonal guinguette. A heated pool at 28°C is open from mid-May to mid-September.
History and setting
Siblings Judicaël and Lalaïna created the estate in 2015 on 7 hectares of bocage, the hedged farmland of inland Vendée.
Getting there
The estate is about 30 minutes by car from Nantes and 20 minutes from La Roche-sur-Yon, via the A83 motorway. The nearest train station is L'Herbergement, about 12 minutes away, with regional trains from Nantes and La Roche-sur-Yon. Nantes Atlantique airport is about 40 minutes away. A large parking area takes coaches, and the team can help organize transport.
