Champtoceaux
Appearance
Champtoceaux | |
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Part of Orée-d'Anjou | |
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 (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
[edit]Champtoceaux name derives from Latin Castrum Sellense. Inhabitants are called Castrocelsiens today.
Twin towns
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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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