| Champtoceaux | |
|---|---|
| Part of Orée-d'Anjou | |
| Location of Champtoceaux | |
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| Coordinates: 47°20′16″N 1°15′56″W / 47.3378°N 1.2656°W / 47.3378; -1.2656 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Cholet |
| Canton | La Pommeraye |
| Commune | Orée-d'Anjou |
| Area | 15.54 km (6.00 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,557 |
| • Density | 160/km (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) |
| French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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.
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)
External links
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