Champtoceaux
Part of Orée-d'Anjou in Pays de la Loire, France
Location of Champtoceaux
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47°20′16″N 1°15′56″W / 47.3378°N 1.2656°W / 47.3378; -1.2656
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(2019)[1]
49270
(avg. 71 m or 233 ft)
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Champtoceaux (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃tɔso] ⓘ) 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]
History
Champtoceaux name derives from Latin Castrum Sellense. Inhabitants are called Castrocelsiens today.
Twin towns
Verwood[1] in East Dorset, England.
Niederheimbach[2] in the Mainz-Bingen Kreis of Germany.
Calcinato[3] in the province of Brescia, in the Lombardy region of Italy
See also
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, 25 November 2015 (in French)
External links
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