The
Agglomération du Choletais, also simply known as CAC, is the
intercommunal structure gathering the
city
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of
Cholet
Cholet (, , probably from Latin language, Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a Communes of France, commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous c ...
and its suburbs.
It is located in the
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-e ...
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département
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'', in the
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" ().
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région
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France
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). It was formed on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais, the
Communauté de communes
A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (int ...
du Bocage and the Communauté de communes du Vihiersois-Haut-Layon. Its area is 788.0 km
2. Its population was 104,382 in 2018, of which 54,186 in Cholet proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
Composition
The Agglomération du Choletais gathers the following 26
communes
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:
INSEE
composition of CA du Choletais[CA Agglomération du Choletais (N° SIREN : 200071678)]
BANATIC. Accessed 24 March 2022.
#Bégrolles-en-Mauges
Bégrolles-en-Mauges () is a Communes of France, commune in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department in western France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
References
Communes of Maine-et-Lo ...
# Cernusson
# Les Cerqueux
# Chanteloup-les-Bois
#Cholet
Cholet (, , probably from Latin language, Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a Communes of France, commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous c ...
#Cléré-sur-Layon
Cléré-sur-Layon (, literally ''Cléré on Layon'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Geography
The village lies on the right bank of the Layon, which flows northeastward through the commune.
See also
*Communes ...
# Coron
#Lys-Haut-Layon
Lys-Haut-Layon () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Vihiers (including Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois and Le Voide), Les Cerqueux-sou ...
#Maulévrier
Maulévrier () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Points of interest
*Parc Oriental de Maulévrier which is the biggest Japanese garden in France
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following i ...
#Le May-sur-Èvre
Le May-sur-Èvre (, literally ''Le May on Èvre'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The population in 2018 was just under 4,000.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the Èvre river. It is around 10 km no ...
#Mazières-en-Mauges
Mazières-en-Mauges () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The commune ...
#Montilliers
Montilliers () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The communes cooper ...
#Nuaillé
Nuaillé () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The communes cooperate ...
#Passavant-sur-Layon
Passavant-sur-Layon (, literally ''Passavant on Layon'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the river Layon.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The followin ...
# La Plaine
# La Romagne
#Saint-Christophe-du-Bois
Saint-Christophe-du-Bois () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
History
According to an unconfirmed tradition recorded in 1705, Saint Maurille, bishop of Angers, was the founder of Saint-Christophe in the 4th cent ...
#Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet
Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet (, literally ''Saint-Léger under Cholet'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
History
Before the French Revolution, the town and the north of the village (Haut-Saint-Léger) depended on ...
#Saint-Paul-du-Bois
Saint-Paul-du-Bois () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The communes ...
#La Séguinière
La Séguinière () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Twinning
La Séguinière is twinned with Coxheath, Kent, England.
History
From the 5th to the 9th century, the territory was part of ancient Tiphalia, the c ...
#Somloire
Somloire () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 20 km east of Cholet.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire depart ...
#La Tessoualle
La Tessoualle () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The communes cooperat ...
#Toutlemonde
Toutlemonde () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France.
The communes cooper ...
#Trémentines
Trémentines () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The musicologist Jean-Pierre Ouvrard (1948–1992) was born in Trémentines.
Geography
The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.
See also
*Communes of the Mai ...
# Vezins
# Yzernay
References
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States and territories established in 2017
Cholet
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