Chemillé-Melay

Chemillé-Melay
Chemillé-Melay

Coordinates: 47°12′47″N 0°43′33″W / 47.2131°N .72583°W / 47.2131; -.72583Coordinates: 47°12′47″N 0°43′33″W / 47.2131°N .72583°W / 47.2131; -.72583
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Cholet
Canton Chemillé-Melay
Intercommunality Région de Chemillé
Area1 71.90 km2 (27.76 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 8,755
  Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 49092 / 49120
Elevation 42–212 m (138–696 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chemillé-Melay is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.

History

It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former communes of Chemillé and Melay.

On 15 December 2015, Chanzeaux, La Chapelle-Rousselin, Chemillé-Melay, Cossé-d’Anjou, La Jumellière, Neuvy-en-Mauges, Sainte-Christine, Saint-Georges-des-Gardes, Saint-Lézin, La Salle-de-Vihiers, La Tourlandry and Valanjou merged becoming one commune called Chemillé-en-Anjou.

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