Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet

(2020–2026) Jean-Paul Olivares^[1]Area

9.72 km² (3.75 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,072 • Density320/km² (820/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

49299 /49280

Elevation93–132 m (305–433 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ leʒe su ʃɔlɛ] ^ⓘ, literally Saint-Léger under Cholet) is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.^[3]

History

Before the French Revolution, the town and the north of the village (Haut-Saint-Léger) depended on Le May-sur-Èvre, the south (Bas-Saint-Léger) on Mortagne-sur-Sèvre.

The town was created by decree of Emperor Napoleon III on 14 December 1863, its territory was then a section of the town of Le May-sur-Evre.

From 1899 to 1947, the town was crossed by the Petit Anjou railway line (Cholet-Nantes, via Beaupréau and Le Loroux-Bottereau) which had a station there.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	701	—
1975	1,236	+8.44%
1982	1,857	+5.99%
1990	2,470	+3.63%
1999	2,604	+0.59%
2007	2,438	−0.82%
2012	2,552	+0.92%
2017	2,930	+2.80%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE