GRAMMAR'S RESPONSE. The word premises is always plural, whether you're referring to the whole of the land and the buildings upon it or just part of the mall (or whatever). So you want are, always. Authority: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Electronic Edition, Version 1.5.
Yonne is a department in the centre of France, in the Burgundy region. The largest city in the department, and its prefecture (capital), is Auxerre.
The VendÃ©e (French pronunciation: ) is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west-central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. The name VendÃ©e is taken from the VendÃ©e river which runs through the southeastern part of the department.