The Agglomération du Choletais, also simply known as CAC, is the intercommunal structure gathering the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

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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'', 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" (). ...

région France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (french: régions, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collect ...

'' (

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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 km². Its population was 104,382 in 2018, of which 54,186 in Cholet proper.Comparateur de territoire
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Composition

The Agglomération du Choletais gathers the following 26

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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 Chanteloup-les-Bois () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of 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 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 of ...

# 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 communes c ...

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 cooperate ...

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 in ...

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 following ...

# 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 centur ...

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 Le ...

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 co ...

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 coun ...

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 Maine-e ...

# Vezins # Yzernay

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