Champtoceaux
Part of Orée-d'Anjou in Pays de la Loire, France
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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]
Champtoceaux | |
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Part of Orée-d'Anjou | |
 Location of Champtoceaux | |
  Champtoceaux Location within France  Champtoceaux Location within Pays de la Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°20′16″N 1°15′56″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 (2022)[1] | 2,867 |
| • Density | 184.5/km2 (477.8/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. | |
History
Champtoceaux name derives from Latin Castrum Sellense. Inhabitants are called Castrocelsiens today.
Twin towns
Verwood in Dorset, England.
Niederheimbach in the Mainz-Bingen Kreis of Germany.
Calcinato in the province of Brescia, in the Lombardy region of Italy
