Champtoceaux

Champtoceaux
Champtoceaux
Location within Pays de la Loire region
Champtoceaux
Coordinates: 47°20′16″N 1°15′56″W / 47.3378°N 1.2656°W / 47.3378; -1.2656Coordinates: 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 Champtoceaux
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Jean-Yves Bourgeais
Area1 15.54 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 1,748
  Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 49069 /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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.[1]

History

Champtoceaux name derives from Latin Castrum Sellense. Inhabitants are called Castrocelsiens today.

Twin towns

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral, 25 November 2015 (in French)


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