Canton of Chemillé-en-Anjou (before 2015: ''Canton of Chemillé'', between 2015 and March 2020: ''Canton of Chemillé-Melay'') is a canton of

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, located in the Maine-et-Loire department, in the Pays de la Loire

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 an ...

. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was renamed and expanded from 9 to 24

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, relig ...

(19 of which merged into the new communes of Chemillé-en-Anjou,

Bellevigne-en-Layon Bellevigne-en-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 Thouarcé, Champ-sur-Layon, Faveraye-Mâchelles, Faye-d'Anjou and R ...

and Terranjou in December 2015, January 2016 and January 2017):Décret n° 2014-259 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Maine-et-Loire
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Aubigné-sur-Layon Aubigné-sur-Layon (, literally ''Aubigné on Layon'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Geography The river Layon forms all of the commune's northern border. Population See also *Communes of the Maine-et-Loir ...

Beaulieu-sur-Layon Beaulieu-sur-Layon (, literally ''Beaulieu on Layon'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The composer and organist Louis Aubeux (1917–1999) was born in Beaulieu-sur-Layon. Geography The commune is traversed by ...

* Chemillé-en-Anjou * Mozé-sur-Louet * Terranjou * Val-du-Layon