Champtoceaux (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃tɔso] (listen)) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. On 15 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Orée-d'Anjou.[2]

Champtoceaux
Part of Orée-d'Anjou
Location of Champtoceaux
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Coordinates: 47°20′16″N 1°15′56″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Cholet
Canton	La Pommeraye
Commune	Orée-d'Anjou
Area 1	15.54 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	2,557
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	49270
Elevation	2–86 m (6.6–282.2 ft) (avg. 71 m or 233 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Champtoceaux name derives from Latin Castrum Sellense. Inhabitants are called Castrocelsiens today.

Twin towns

• Verwood in East Dorset, England.
• Niederheimbach in the Mainz-Bingen Kreis of Germany.
• Calcinato in the province of Brescia, in the Lombardy region of Italy

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department

References

External links

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• Official town site
• Official town site (in English)

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