La Chapelle-du-Genêt

La Chapelle-du-Genêt
La Chapelle-du-Genêt

Coordinates: 47°11′02″N 1°01′06″W / 47.1839°N 1.0183°W / 47.1839; -1.0183Coordinates: 47°11′02″N 1°01′06″W / 47.1839°N 1.0183°W / 47.1839; -1.0183
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement Cholet
Canton Beaupréau
Area1 9.25 km2 (3.57 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,231
  Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 49072 / 49600
Elevation 42–114 m (138–374 ft)
(avg. 111 m or 364 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.

La Chapelle-du-Genêt is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department of western France.

On 15 December 2015, Andrezé, Beaupréau, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Gesté, Jallais, La Jubaudière, Le Pin-en-Mauges, La Poitevinière, Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges and Villedieu-la-Blouère merged becoming one commune called Beaupréau-en-Mauges.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the Èvre river.

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