Gesté
Part of Beaupréau-en-Mauges in Pays de la Loire, France
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Gesté (French pronunciation: [ʒɛste] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Gesté | |
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Part of Beaupréau-en-Mauges | |
Extérieur de l'église Saint-Pierre | |
 Location of Gesté | |
  Gesté Location within France  Gesté Location within Pays de la Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°10′53″N 1°06′33″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Cholet |
| Canton | Beaupréau |
| Commune | Beaupréau-en-Mauges |
Area 1 | 35.55 km2 (13.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,769 |
| • Density | 77.89/km2 (201.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Gestois, Gestoise |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 49600 |
| Elevation | 48–104 m (157–341 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
On 15 December 2015, Andrezé, Beaupréau, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Gesté, Jallais, La Jubaudière, Le Pin-en-Mauges, La Poitevinière, Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges and Villedieu-la-Blouère merged, becoming one commune called Beaupréau-en-Mauges.[2]
