Cholet
Cholet (French pronunciation: [ʃɔ.lɛ], locally [ʃɔ.le], probably frae Laitin cauletum, "cabbitch") is a commune o wastren Fraunce in the Maine-et-Loire depairtment.
Cholet | |
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Coordinates: 47°03′36″N 0°52′42″W / 47.060000°N 0.8783°WCoordinates: 47°03′36″N 0°52′42″W / 47.060000°N 0.8783°W | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Depairtment | Maine-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Cholet |
Intercommunality | Choletais |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Gilles Bourdouleix (CNIP) |
Area 1 | 87.47 km2 (33.77 sq mi) |
Population (1999)2 | 54,204 |
• Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 49099 /49300 |
Elevation | 63–184 m (207–604 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |