Champtoceaux

Part of Orée-d'Anjou in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Champtoceaux

47°20′16″N 1°15′56″W / 47.3378°N 1.2656°W / 47.3378; -1.2656CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMaine-et-LoireArrondissementCholetCantonLa PommerayeCommuneOrée-d'Anjou Area

15.54 km² (6.00 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

2,557 • Density160/km² (430/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

49270

Elevation2–86 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

Champtoceaux name derives from Latin Castrum Sellense. Inhabitants are called Castrocelsiens today.

Twin towns

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

References

^ 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)