Challans

Challans
Challans
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Challans
Administration
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Canton	Challans
Intercommunality	Marais et bocage
Mayor	Serge Rondeau (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	1–64 m (3.3–210 ft) (avg. 11 m/36 ft)
Land area1	64.84 km2 (25.03 sq mi)
Population2	18,349  (2006)
- Density	283 /km2 (730 /sq mi)
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 46°50′48″N 1°52′41″W / 46.8466666667°N 1.87805555556°W / 46.8466666667; -1.87805555556

Challans is a commune in the Vendée département in the Pays de la Loire région in western France.

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

References

• INSEE