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Champtoceaux () is a former commune in the
Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...
department of western
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. On 15 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune
Orée-d'Anjou Orée-d'Anjou (, literally ''Edge of Anjou'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France. Champtoceaux is the municipal seat. History It was established on 15 December 2015 and consists of the former communes of Bouzill ...
.Arrêté préfectoral
25 November 2015


History

Champtoceaux name derives from Latin ''Castrum Sellense''. Inhabitants are called ''Castrocelsiens'' today.


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See also

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Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official town siteOfficial town site (in English)
Former communes of Maine-et-Loire {{MaineLoire-geo-stub