Champtoceaux | |
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Part of Orée-d'Anjou | |
Location of Champtoceaux | |
  Champtoceaux  Champtoceaux | |
| Coordinates: 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 (2019)[1] | 2,557 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (430/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
Champtoceaux (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃tɔso] ⓘ) 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 in East Dorset, England.
Niederheimbach in the Mainz-Bingen Kreis of Germany.
Calcinato in the province of Brescia, in the Lombardy region of Italy
See also
References
- ↑ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, 25 November 2015 (in French)
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