Agglomeration community of Cholet

Choletais
Location within the Maine-et-Loire department
Location within the Maine-et-Loire department
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
No. of communes26
EstablishedJanuary 2017
SeatCholet
Government
 • PresidentGilles Bourdouleix (Ind.)
Area
788 km2 (304 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
104,382
 • Density132/km2 (340/sq mi)
WebsiteCAC Website

The Agglomération du Choletais, also simply known as CAC, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Cholet and its suburbs.

It is located in the Maine-et-Loire département, in the Pays de la Loire région (France). It was formed on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté d'agglomération du Choletais, the Communauté de communes 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.[1]

Composition

The Agglomération du Choletais gathers the following 26 communes:[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
  2. ^ INSEE, composition of CA du Choletais
  3. ^ CA Agglomération du Choletais (N° SIREN : 200071678), BANATIC. Accessed 24 March 2022.

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