Canton of Cholet-2 is a canton of

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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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, 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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. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 10 to 26

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(7 of which merged into the new commune

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 ...

):Décret n° 2014-259 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Maine-et-Loire
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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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