Canton of Cholet-1 is a

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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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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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. Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton contains the southwestern part of the commune of Cholet.Décret n° 2014-259 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Maine-et-Loire
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