Cholet
Cholet | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Cholet | |
Cholet Cholet | |
| Coordinates: 47°03′36″N 0°52′42″W / 47.060000°N 0.8783°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Cholet |
| Canton | Cholet-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | CA Cholet Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Gilles Bourdouleix (CNIP) |
Area 1 | 87.47 km2 (33.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 54,404 |
| • Density | 622.0/km2 (1,611/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 49099 /49300 |
| Elevation | 63–184 m (207–604 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cholet (French: [ʃɔlɛ] ⓘ, probably from Latin cauletum, "cabbage") is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,074 inhabitants (2022), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers.