Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet (, literally ''Saint-Léger under

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 ...

'') is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

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 western

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History

Before the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

, the town and the north of the village (Haut-Saint-Léger) depended on

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 ...

, the south (Bas-Saint-Léger) on

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre Mortagne-sur-Sèvre (, literally ''Mortagne on Sèvre'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The commune was formed by the consolidation Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, Évrunes and Saint-Hilaire-de-Mor ...

. The town was created by decree of Emperor

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

on 14 December 1863, its territory was then a section of the town of Le May-sur-Evre. From 1899 to 1947, the town was crossed by the Petit Anjou railway line (

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

, via

Beaupréau Beaupréau () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2015, Andrezé, Beaupréau, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Gesté, Jallais, La Jubaudière, Le Pin-en-Mauges, La Poitevinière, Saint-Philbert-en-Maug ...

and Le Loroux-Bottereau) which had a station there.

History

Population

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