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Challans

Coordinates: 46°50′48″N 1°52′41″W / 46.8467°N 1.8781°W / 46.8467; -1.8781
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Challans
The church tower in Challans
The church tower in Challans
Coat of arms of Challans
Location of Challans
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Challans is located in France
Challans
Challans
Challans is located in Pays de la Loire
Challans
Challans
Coordinates: 46°50′48″N 1°52′41″W / 46.8467°N 1.8781°W / 46.8467; -1.8781
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentVendée
ArrondissementLes Sables-d'Olonne
CantonChallans
IntercommunalityChallans-Gois Communauté
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Rémi Pascreau[1]
Area
1
64.84 km2 (25.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
22,494
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
85047 /85300
Elevation1–64 m (3.3–210.0 ft)
(avg. 11 m or 36 ft)
Websitechallans.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Challans (French: [ʃalɑ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Challans station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,500—    
1800 2,783+1.54%
1806 2,928+0.85%
1821 3,307+0.81%
1831 3,288−0.06%
1836 3,640+2.05%
1841 3,832+1.03%
1846 4,153+1.62%
1851 4,135−0.09%
1856 4,167+0.15%
1861 4,178+0.05%
1866 4,486+1.43%
1872 4,631+0.53%
1876 4,782+0.81%
1881 4,917+0.56%
1886 5,172+1.02%
1891 5,274+0.39%
1896 5,453+0.67%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 5,508+0.20%
1906 5,463−0.16%
1911 5,877+1.47%
1921 5,407−0.83%
1926 5,609+0.74%
1931 5,469−0.50%
1936 5,704+0.84%
1946 5,643−0.11%
1954 5,828+0.40%
1962 6,962+2.25%
1968 8,558+3.50%
1975 11,794+4.69%
1982 12,845+1.23%
1990 14,203+1.26%
1999 16,132+1.43%
2007 18,035+1.40%
2012 19,107+1.16%
2017 20,622+1.54%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Notable people

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Twin towns — sister cities

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Challans is twinned with:

See also

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References

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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.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Challans, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE