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Champtocé-sur-Loire

Coordinates: 47°24′45″N 0°51′43″W / 47.4125°N 0.8619°W / 47.4125; -0.8619
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Champtocé-sur-Loire
La mairie
La mairie
Location of Champtocé-sur-Loire
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Champtocé-sur-Loire is located in France
Champtocé-sur-Loire
Champtocé-sur-Loire
Champtocé-sur-Loire is located in Pays de la Loire
Champtocé-sur-Loire
Champtocé-sur-Loire
Coordinates: 47°24′45″N 0°51′43″W / 47.4125°N 0.8619°W / 47.4125; -0.8619
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementAngers
CantonChalonnes-sur-Loire
IntercommunalityLoire Layon Aubance
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Valérie Lévêque[1]
Area
1
36.76 km2 (14.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,846
 • Density50/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)
Websitewww.champtoce.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Champtocé-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃tɔse syʁ lwaʁ] , literally Champtocé on 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.

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.