Chalonnes-sur-Loire

Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Commune
The Chalonnes-sur-Loire bridge
Coat of arms
Location of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
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Coordinates: 47°21′05″N0°45′45″W / 47.3514°N 0.7625°W / 47.3514; -0.7625
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  (2022) [2]	6,541
• 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.

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.

Geography

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]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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]

Twin towns

Chalonnes-sur-Loire is twinned with:

• Tecklenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (since 1982)
• Sanniki, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
• Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
• Passage SAS

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "information" Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Saint-Maurille church of Chalonnes-sur-Loire