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Cholet (French: [ʃɔlɛ] (listen), local pronunciation: [ʃɔ(ː)ɫe], probably from Latin cauletum, "cabbage") is a commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire department.[3] With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture Angers.[4]

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Cholet
Subprefecture and commune
Coat of arms
Location of Cholet
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Coordinates: 47°03′36″N 0°52′42″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Cholet
Canton	Cholet-1 and 2
Intercommunality	CA Choletais
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Gilles Bourdouleix[1] (CNIP)
Area 1	87.47 km2 (33.77 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	54,037
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	49099 /49300
Elevation	63–184 m (207–604 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Cholet stands on an eminence on the right bank of the river Moine, which is crossed by a bridge from the fifteenth century.[5] It is about 50 km southeast of Nantes. Cholet is the centre of the Agglomeration community of Cholet with about 107,000 inhabitants.[6] It is the seat of the arrondissement of Cholet and of the cantons Cholet-1 and Cholet-2.[3]

History

The town owes the rise of its prosperity to the settlement of weavers there by Édouard Charles Victurnien Colbert [Wikidata], count of Maulévrier, a brother of the great Jean-Baptiste Colbert.[5] It then became an estate of Gabriel-François de Rougé [Wikidata] and marquess of Cholet, who developed the town and its economy. The main commercial mall, opened in 2009, is named after him: the "Arcades Rougé".[7]

During the early years of the French revolutionary wars, the town found itself at the heart of the counter-revolutionary struggle in the Vendée, culminating in October 1793 with the Battle of Cholet which was won by the republicans and followed by a period of brutal government repression.

According to the Jan. 10th 1885 edition of Corbett's Herald, a temporary theatre had collapsed on an audience of 1000, causing 150 fatalities.

Demographics

The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Cholet proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Cholet absorbed the former commune of Le Puy-Saint-Bonnet in 1973.[8]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 8,444 —     1800 4,709 −8.00% 1806 4,746 +0.13% 1821 4,865 +0.17% 1831 7,345 +4.21% 1836 8,895 +3.90% 1841 8,413 −1.11% 1846 8,413 +0.00% 1851 10,385 +4.30% 1856 11,775 +2.54% 1861 12,735 +1.58% 1866 13,360 +0.96% 1872 13,552 +0.24% 1876 14,288 +1.33% 1881 15,916 +2.18% 1886 16,855 +1.15% 1891 16,891 +0.04% 1896 17,844 +1.10%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 19,352 +1.64% 1906 20,427 +1.09% 1911 21,058 +0.61% 1921 19,542 −0.74% 1926 20,482 +0.94% 1931 21,711 +1.17% 1936 23,385 +1.50% 1946 26,086 +1.10% 1954 29,358 +1.49% 1962 36,565 +2.78% 1968 41,766 +2.24% 1975 52,976 +3.45% 1982 55,524 +0.67% 1990 55,132 −0.09% 1999 54,204 −0.19% 2007 54,371 +0.04% 2012 54,181 −0.07% 2017 53,917 −0.10%
Source: EHESS[8] and INSEE (1968-2017)[9]

Sights

A public garden occupies the site of the old castle; the public buildings and churches, for example the Church of the Sacred Heart (église du Sacré-Cœur, 1939), are modern. The Church of the Sacred Heart is in the Byzantine Romanesque style and was the work of the local architect Maurice Laurentin.[10] The Church of Our Lady (église Notre-Dame) is listed as a "monument historique"[11]

Megalithic monuments are numerous in the vicinity.[5]

A textile museum (Musée du Textile) exists to conserve the traditional machines used to create the famous handkerchiefs made in this town, as well as the techniques used to make them and the oral and local history associated with the industry.

Economy

This section needs to be updated. (February 2022)

At the start of the 20th century, there were granite quarries in the vicinity of the town. The chief industry was the manufacture of linen and linen handkerchiefs, which was also carried on in the neighboring communes on a large scale. Woolen and cotton fabrics were also produced, and bleaching and the manufacture of preserved foods were carried on. Cholet was the most important center in France for the sale of fat cattle, sheep and pigs, for which Paris was the chief market.[5]

Transport

Cholet Aérodrome serves Cholet. The Gare de Cholet railway station offers regional services towards Nantes and Angers. The network of urban and periurban buses is provided by Choletbus.

Education

• École supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers

Sport

SO Cholet is based in the commune as is Cholet Basket.

Cholet hosted Stage 4 (Individual Time Trial) and was the departure of Stage 5 in the 2008 Tour de France. It was scheduled to host a Team Time Trial stage in the 2018 Tour de France and Stage 3 of the 2018 Tour de France started and finished in Cholet.

In Cholet held annually in March the Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire, a single-day road bicycle race. Between 2004 and 2015 took place Cholet Pays de Loire Dames, a women's one day cycle race.

Twin towns - sister cities

Cholet is twinned with:[12]

• Oldenburg, Germany, since 1985
• Dorohoi, Romania
• Solihull, United Kingdom
• Dénia, Spain

Notable people

• Kévin Barré (b. 1990), footballer
• Gilbert Prouteau (1917–2012), poet and film director.
• François Morellet (1926–2016), painter, sculptor and light artist
• Antoine Rigaudeau (b. 1971), basketball player

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
• First Battle of Cholet
• Second Battle of Cholet

References

External links

• Official website

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На других языках

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[de] Cholet

Cholet ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 54.037 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Maine-et-Loire in der Region Pays de la Loire. Die Stadt wird vom Fluss Moine durchflossen.

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- [en] Cholet

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[ru] Шоле

Шоле́ (фр. Cholet) — город и коммуна во Франции.

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