Challans
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Commune of Challans |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Vendée |
Arrondissement | Les Sables-d'Olonne |
Canton | Challans |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Marais et bocage |
Mayor | Louis Ducept |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 1 m–64 m (avg. 11 m) |
Land area¹ | 64.84 km² |
Population² (1999) |
16,132 |
- Density | 248/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 85047/ 85300 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Challans is a commune of the Vendée département in France.