Champtocé-sur-Loire explained

Champtocé-sur-Loire
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Angers
Canton:Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Insee:49068
Postal Code:49123
Mayor:Valérie Lévêque[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Loire Layon Aubance
Coordinates:47.4125°N -0.8619°W
Elevation M:73
Elevation Min M:11
Elevation Max M:83
Area Km2:36.76
Demonym:Champtocéen, Champtocéenne

Champtocé-sur-Loire (in French pronounced as /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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.