Champtoceaux
Champtoceaux | |
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Part of Orée-d'Anjou | |
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Coordinates: 47°20′16″N 1°15′56″W / 47.3378°N 1.2656°WCoordinates: 47°20′16″N 1°15′56″W / 47.3378°N 1.2656°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Maine-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Cholet |
Canton | La Pommeraye |
Commune | Orée-d'Anjou |
Area 1 | 15.54 km2 (6.00 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | 2,504 |
• Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 49270 |
Elevation | 2–86 m (6.6–282.2 ft) (avg. 71 m or 233 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Champtoceaux is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. On 15 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Orée-d'Anjou.[2]
History[]
Champtoceaux name derives from Latin Castrum Sellense. Inhabitants are called Castrocelsiens today.
Twin towns[]
Verwood[1] in East Dorset, England.
Niederheimbach[2] in the Mainz-Bingen Kreis of Germany.
Calcinato[3] in the province of Brescia, in the Lombardy region of Italy
See also[]
- Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
References[]
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral, 25 November 2015 (in French)
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- Former communes of Maine-et-Loire
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