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Cholet in Pays de la Loire

Monday, 29 June 2026 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
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🔊 Listen to this Post Cholet (probably from Latin cauletum, “cabbage“) is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,404 inhabitants (2023), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers.

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

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.

Nowadays, despite its average size, the city is experiencing significant economic activity. The city sees the birth of many “small and medium-sized enterprises”. It is the second industrial area in the region, after that of “Nantes−Saint-Nazaire”. The unemployment rate is three points lower than the national average.

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