The arrondissement of Cholet is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'' ...

of France 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, Indr ...

department 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" (). ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

. It has 32

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. Its population is 224,581 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Cholet, and their

INSEE code The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes and '' départements''. They are also used as national identificati ...

s, are: # Beaupréau-en-Mauges (49023) # Bégrolles-en-Mauges (49027) #

Cernusson Cernusson () 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 ...

(49057) #

Les Cerqueux Les Cerqueux () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department, 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 ...

(49058) # Chanteloup-les-Bois (49070) #

Chemillé-en-Anjou Chemillé-en-Anjou (, literally ''Chemillé in Anjou'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Chemillé is the municipal seat. History It was established on 15 December 2015 by the merger of the former communes of ...

(49092) #

Cholet Cholet (, , probably from Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture Angers. G ...

(49099) # Cléré-sur-Layon (49102) # Coron (49109) #

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-so ...

(49373) #

Mauges-sur-Loire Mauges-sur-Loire (, literally ''Mauges on Loire'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. La Pommeraye is the municipal seat. History It was established on 15 December 2015 and consists of the former communes of Be ...

(49244) # Maulévrier (49192) #

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 nort ...

(49193) # Mazières-en-Mauges (49195) # Montilliers (49211) #

Montrevault-sur-Èvre Montrevault-sur-Èvre (, literally ''Montrevault on Èvre'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Montrevault is the municipal seat. History It was established on 15 December 2015 and consists of the former commun ...

(49218) # Nuaillé (49231) #

Orée-d'Anjou Orée-d'Anjou (, literally ''Edge of Anjou'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Champtoceaux is the municipal seat. History It was established on 15 December 2015 and consists of the former communes of Bouzill ...

(49069) # Passavant-sur-Layon (49236) # La Plaine (49240) # La Romagne (49260) # Saint-Christophe-du-Bois (49269) # Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet (49299) # Saint-Paul-du-Bois (49310) # La Séguinière (49332) #

Sèvremoine Sèvremoine () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges is the municipal seat. It takes its name from the river Sèvre Nantaise and Moine. History It was established on 15 December 2015 and c ...

(49301) # Somloire (49336) # La Tessoualle (49343) # Toutlemonde (49352) # Trémentines (49355) # Vezins (49371) #

Yzernay Yzernay () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Population 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 commu ...

(49381)

History

The arrondissement of Beaupréau was created in 1800. The subprefecture was moved to Cholet in 1857.Historique de Maine-et-Loire
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Maine-et-Loire, it gained nine communes from the arrondissement of Saumur. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Cholet were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 49 Maine-et-Loire
INSEE # Beaupréau # Champtoceaux # Chemillé # Cholet-1 # Cholet-2 # Cholet-3 #

Montfaucon-Montigné Montfaucon-Montigné () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. History The commune was created in 2000 from the merger of Montfaucon-sur-Moine and Montigné-sur-Moine, two formerly neighboring towns. On 15 De ...

# Montrevault # Saint-Florent-le-Vieil

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