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Cholet | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
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.svg) 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 Choletais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Gilles Bourdouleix[1] (CNIP) |
| Area 1 | 87.47 km2 (33.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 53,936 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/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] , local pronunciation: [ʃɔ(ː)ɫe], probably from Latin cauletum, "cabbage") is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department.[3] With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers.[4]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Populations légales 2019: 49 Maine-et-Loire, INSEE