Champtocé-sur-Loire

Champtocé-sur-Loire is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Its castle gained notoriety as a scene of some of the crimes of the medieval child murderer, Gilles de Rais.

Champtocé-sur-Loire
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Location of Champtocé-sur-Loire
Champtocé-sur-Loire
Champtocé-sur-Loire
Coordinates: 47°24′45″N 0°51′43″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementAngers
CantonChalonnes-sur-Loire
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes Loire-Layon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Valérie Levèque
Area
1
36.76 km2 (14.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,868
  Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Champtocéen, Champtocéenne
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
49068 /49123
Elevation11–83 m (36–272 ft)
(avg. 73 m or 240 ft)
WebsiteSite officiel de Champtocé-sur-Loire
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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