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Challans is a commune in France, situated within the Vendée department and the arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne. It serves as the capital of the canton of Challans and is located in the Pays de la Loire region. The municipality has a population of 22,943, comprising 9,643 males and 10,979 females. Its area is 64.84 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 64 meters.
The town shares borders with Commequiers, Froidfond, La Garnache, and Le Perrier. Challans is twinned with Saronno. The official postal code is 85300, and the local government maintains an official website. While one source lists the population as 18,947 and the elevation as 13 meters, the primary administrative data indicates the figures of 22,943 and 64 meters, respectively.
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Place details
- Locality
- Challans
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 18,947
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Challans
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Challans (02).jpg
- French commune.caption
- The church tower in Challans
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Challans (Vendée).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Les Sables-d'Olonne
- French commune.canton
- Challans
- French commune.INSEE
- 85047
- French commune.postal code
- 85300
- French commune.mayor
- Rémi Pascreau
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Challans-Gois Communauté
- French commune.elevation m
- 11
- French commune.elevation min m
- 1
- French commune.elevation max m
- 64
- French commune.area km2
- 64.84
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Accueil - Site officiel de la Ville de Challans
Bienvenue sur le site officiel de la Ville de Challans (85). Retrouvez toute l’actualité, l’agenda des sorties, les services et démarches en ligne et toutes les informations pratiques dont vous avez besoin.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Challans
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Population
- 22943
- Area
- 64.84
- Elevation
- 29
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Soullans
- Official website
- www.challans.fr
- Image
- Clocher de Challans.JPG
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- topic's main category
- Category:Challans
- twinned administrative body
- Saronno
- Commons category
- Challans
- postal code
- 85300
- associated electoral district
- canton of Challans
- male population
- 9643
- female population
- 10979
- P8168
- Jürgen Kühling
- native label
- Challans
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-51-49-79-79
- fax number
- +33-2-51-35-16-35
- number of viewers/listeners
- 281504
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