Cholet Population and Area (Maine-et-Loire)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Cholet (Maine-et-Loire)
Cholet: Population and Area
With 56,363 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Cholet is the 112th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 2nd most populous in the Maine-et-Loire department, out of 176 communes. It covers 87 km² (324th largest area in France, 22nd largest in the department), with a population density of 644 inhabitants per km², or 5.9 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,459th in France for density.
Cholet is located in the Maine-et-Loire department (49), in the Pays de la Loire region, where it ranks 6th by population out of 1,228 communes. The most populous town in the Maine-et-Loire department is Angers (162,290 inhabitants); the department is home to 853,768 people over 7,107 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Maine-et-Loire department and the regional ranking: largest city in Pays de la Loire.
Towns of similar size in the Maine-et-Loire department: Angers (pop. 162,290), Saumur (pop. 27,096), Sèvremoine (pop. 26,473), Beaupréau-en-Mauges (pop. 24,720).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 49099. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.