Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Chalonnes-sur-Loire is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is located on the left bank of the river Loire in the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site area.
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Chalonnes-sur-Loire | |
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The Chalonnes-sur-Loire bridge | |
| Coordinates: 47°21′05″N 0°45′45″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Angers |
| Canton | Chalonnes-sur-Loire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Madeleine Monnier[1] |
| Area 1 | 38.56 km2 (14.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 6,519 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 49063 /49290 |
| Elevation | 10–99 m (33–325 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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The town is in the heart of the Anjou, a historical agricultural region southwest of Angers renowned for Loire Valley wines. The Layon flows into the Loire at the commune.
The airport nearest to Chalonnes-sur-Loire for regional flights is Angers – Loire Airport (41 km), and for international flights is Nantes Atlantique Airport (67 km).[3]
More information Year, Pop. ...
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,259 | — |
| 1975 | 4,682 | +1.36% |
| 1982 | 5,281 | +1.73% |
| 1990 | 5,354 | +0.17% |
| 1999 | 5,594 | +0.49% |
| 2007 | 6,137 | +1.16% |
| 2012 | 6,550 | +1.31% |
| 2017 | 6,535 | −0.05% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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Chalonnes-sur-Loire is twinned with:
Tecklenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (since 1982)
Sanniki, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
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- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "information" Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
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