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| Cholet | |
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| Mail garden. | |
| Information | |
| Country |  France |
|---|---|
| Regions | Pays de la Loire Maine-et-Loire |
| Watercourse | The Monk |
| Area | 87,47 km² |
| Population | 54 186 hab. () |
| Density | 619,48 inhab./km² |
| Postal code | 49300 |
| Telephone prefix | 33 |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Tourist information office | Choletais Tourist Office 14 avenue Maudet BP 10636 49306 Cholet Cedex.  02 41 49 80 00 |
| Location | |
 47 ° 2 ′ 6 ″ N 0 ° 52 ′ 12 ″ W | |
| Official site | |
| Touristic site | |
Cholet is a town french of the department of Maine-et-Loire in the Pays de la Loire, it is also the main locality of the Mauges natural region.
Understand
Cholet is located in a textile region. A song celebrates the "handkerchief of Cholet".
Geography
Cholet is located approximately 360 km of Paris and is surrounded by several major cities including:
- Nantes (60 km)
- Angers (68 km)
- Poitiers (130 km)
- The rock on yon (70 km)
- The Baule - Atlantic Ocean (135 km)
To go
Cholet station
By plane
Cholet is located 50 min by car from Nantes-Atlantique Airport.
By train
In TER, Cholet is at 40 min ofAngers, at 50 min of Nantes, at 35 min of Clisson. There are connections to Paris-Montparnasse or the coast from the stations of Nantes, Angers and Clisson.
- 1 Cholet station
By car
You can access theA83 which connects La Roche-sur-Yon to Angers, and by the N249 which connects Nantes to Poitiers.
By bus
The Anjoubus lines in the Maine-et-Loire department, the RDS (Deux-Sèvres Network) lines in the Deux-Sèvres department, the Cap Vendée lines in the Vendée department allow you to reach Cholet from Angers, Bressuire, Nantes, Les Herbaria.
- 2 Cholet bus station
Circulate
By car
City with a ring road, traffic is rather fluid despite some traffic jams during rush hour. The city has many car parks including an underground on 2 levels at Arcades Rougé.
Car rental
- 1 Europcar - Cholet car rental 3 Rue de Chinon,
33 2 41 58 17 69 - 2 Hertz Great West 100 Avenue du Maréchal Leclerc, 33 2 41 58 56 56
- 3 Cholet Reviews SNCF train station, 33 2 41 71 07 07
By taxi
- 4 ABC Mellier Taxi (Mr Mellier) 10 Rue des Tailleurs, 33 6 08 64 82 10
- 5 Abraktaxi (Mr Abrak) 3 Allée des Pinsons, 33 2 41 58 48 81
- 6 OK Taxi (Mr Guerard) 10 Rue du Devau, 33 6 15 15 49 06
- 7 Bouet Régis Taxi Cholet 70 Ter Boulevard Guy Chouteau, 33 6 10 15 37 56
By public transport
Choletbus (Public transport network of the Choletais agglomeration), with its 11 urban lines, it allows you to get around Cholet by bus. It also has 8 peri-urban lines which connect Cholet to other municipalities in the agglomeration.
- 8 Choletbus space (Choletais public transport) Square of the Town Hall, 33 2 41 62 65 65
- 9 Choletais Public Transport 24 rue de la Jominière – Map on the website
By bike
The city has many cycle paths.
Bike rental
- 10 Cholet Cycling Culture ZAC de l'Ecuyere, 3 Rue du Champs du Puis, 33 2 41 65 70 40 – Multi-brand chain specializing in the sale of sports, road, city, electric and tandem bikes.
Walk
Explore Cholet on foot by taking the city walk.
See
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Textile and Fashion Museum
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Notre-Dame Church
Carnival of Cholet
Museums
- 1 Textile and Fashion Museum Rue du Dr Roux (Bus Line 4 Textile Museum stop), 33 2 72 77 22 50, email: [email protected] – The Textile and Fashion Museum is housed in a former fabric bleaching factory. The course offers the key elements of Cholet textile history: techniques and know-how, old productions and contemporary fashion. Demonstrations on looms and the discovery of the Cholet red handkerchief-making workshop complete the visit.
- 2 Museum of Art and History 27 avenue of the trough, 33 2 72 77 23 22, email: [email protected] – In the heart of the city, the Museum of Art and History offers the discovery of an exceptional collection in large and bright spaces where sculptures, paintings and historical objects coexist. The Art Gallery is rich in works from the 16th to the 21st century. The History Gallery presents the long past of the city and especially the episode of the Wars of the Vendée. Do not miss the visit to the Labyrinth !!
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Churches
- 3 St. Peter's Church St. Peter's Square
- 4 Notre-Dame Church
- 5 Church of the Sacred Heart
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Various attractions
- 6 Tour of the Grenier à sel 41 rue des Vieux-Greniers – Built in XVIe century, it was probably used to store salt subject to the Gabelle tax.
- 7 Large menhir of the Guard The Champ de la Roche
- 8 Pierre Plate de la Pochetière Pierre Plate de la Pochetière
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Make
Events
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from Friday April 1, 2022 to Saturday April 9, 2022. – The Cholet carnival takes place every year in April for one week. It attracts a lot of people. - The Z'eclectics – Annual contemporary music festival taking place mainly in Chemillé-en-Anjou and Cholet since 1998, it offers three events per year: the autumn collection, popular and unifying, the winter collection, pop rock folk, and the spring collection, electro hip-hop.
from Friday April 1, 2022 to Saturday April 9, 2022Sports
- 1 GlisséO sports complex Avenue Anatole Manceau (Bus: Line 4 Stop: "GlisséO".) – Skating rink-swimming pool complex in the city center of Cholet.
Learn
Libraries
- 1 Élie Chamard Media Library Travot Street (Bus: Line 1,2,3,4,5,6 "Hôtel de Ville" stop.), 33 2 72 77 23 41
- 2 Choletais Library Choletais Campus, Boulevard Pierre Lecoq (Bus: Line 3, A "Parc du Carteron" stop.), 33 2 72 77 23 39
High schools
- 3 Fashion High School 20 Rue du Carteron (Bus: Line A "Lycée de la Mode" stop or Line 3 "Parc du Carteron" stop.), 33 2 41 71 00 53
- Renaudeau High School
- Europe High School - Robert Schuman
Eat
The town of Cholet has a very large number of restaurants for the number of inhabitants, and you will be faced with the embarrassment of choice.
Restaurants
Top of the line
- 1 The Urdissoir 40 Rue Saint-Bonaventure, 33 2 41 58 55 18
- 2 Barn 64 Rue de Saint-Antoine, 33 2 41 62 09 83
- 3 The Thumb Foot 1 Rue du Lait de Beurre, 33 2 41 58 50 03
- 4 Restaurant La Touchetière 41 Rue du Dr Roux, 33 2 41 62 55 03
Average price
- 5 Bar Brasserie Le Conti Travot Square, 33 2 41 85 89 02
- 6 Eat me Passage of the large dial (Between rue nationale and rue Georges Clémenceau), 33 2 41 71 22 72 – Bar-Restaurant with a very colorful atmosphere, frequented by many young people. Service of pancakes and pancakes, as well as many cocktails.
- 7 The Grand Cafe 1 Place Travot, 33 2 41 65 82 41 – Brasserie and rotisserie specialties and the charm of yesteryear under a glass roof in the old Town Hall.
- 8 Hotel Restaurant La Godinière 54 Rue Saint-André, 33 2 41 62 31 56
- 9 Ô'Basque Les Arcades Rougé, 30 Rue Bretonnaise, 33 2 44 09 47 98
- 10 Restaurant le Parvis 35 Parvis Jean-Paul II, 33 2 41 63 11 12 – A fine and creative seasonal menu served in a sober and elegant setting in gray tones or on the terrace.
- 11 The Rotisserie 2 Avenue des Câlins, 33 2 41 62 00 88
- 12 The Lakeside Lake Avenue, 33 2 41 62 13 95 – Traditional dishes offered in a classic and neat setting with a large lakeside terrace.
- 13 Aven 33 Parvis Jean-Paul II, 33 2 41 71 98 52
- 14 The taste buds are resistant 3 Rue Travot, 33 2 41 28 21 65
- 15 Pizz'Ago 1 Rue de Broons, 33 2 41 62 11 62
- 16 Lazarus 5 Rue de la Filature, 33 2 41 46 54 29
Cheap
- 17 McDonald's North Road of Angers, 33 2 41 46 37 37
- 18 McDonald's South Avenue des Sables, 33 2 41 65 74 74
- 19 Burger King 169 Lorraine Street, 33 2 85 10 00 38
- 20 Constantinople 28 Rue Nantes, 33 2 41 64 07 63
- 21 Sushi Hanaki 13 Rue Nantes, 33 9 81 71 80 13
- 22 The Cholet Pizza Box 82 Rue Sadi Carnot, 33 2 41 58 29 67
Have a drink / Go out
The Mail Garden
Cholet is not a student city (the majority of teenagers leave after having obtained their baccalaureate) there are few nightclubs. However, the city has many bars that will suit all tastes.
Bar
- 1 Melody Nel'son 22, Rue Nantaise, 33 2 53 69 23 10 – Bar in the city center of Cholet. Vintage atmosphere and sale of vinyls. inside.
- 2 TBO 162 National Street, 33 2 53 69 15 29
- 3 The Bar'ouf 2 Place Saint-Pierre, 33 9 66 91 31 71 – Eclectic program with improv theater, exhibitions, shows and concerts in a bar offering snacks.
- 4 L'Entracte Bar 1 Rue Jean Soulard, 33 2 41 62 09 14
Nightclubs
- 5 The Rubis Club La Tremblaie, 33 2 41 62 40 20
- 6 Guss 14 Boulevard Gustave Richard, 33 9 52 21 31 02
Parks and gardens
- 7 Monk Park Downtown (Bus: Line 2 "Bordage Marc" stop and Line 3 "Parc de Moine" stop.) – Park at the edge of the Moine with many trees, very popular with the Choletais, it has a merry-go-round, a playground and a bar.
- 8 Mail Garden Downtown – Very green park with a fountain near the Town Hall and the Tribunal.
- 9 Turpault Park Downtown
- 10 Menhir Park Val de Moine (Bus: Line 5 "Val de Moine" stop.)
Leisure parks
- 11 The Other Factory Boulevard de la Rontardière (Bus: Line 2 Stop "L'Autre Usine")
Cinemas
- 12 Cinemovida Les Arcades Rougé, Les Arcades Rougé shopping center, 33 892 68 75 35
Sport
- 13 Cholet Basket The Meilleraie, 2 Avenue Marcel Prat, 33 2 41 62 27 91
Cultural establishments
- 14 Interlude Theater 9 Rue de Saint-Mélainet, 33 2 72 77 24 24 – The Interlude theater in Cholet offers various shows: from classical theater, to contemporary theater, through concerts or even conferences ... A wide and varied program that will please everyone!
- 15 The Glass Garden 13 Boulevard Gustave Richard, 33 2 41 65 13 58
- 16 Saint-Louis Theater Jean Vilar Street, 33 2 72 77 24 24 – This remarkable equipment offers an eclectic programming. From opera to song, musical comedy, choirs, symphony orchestra as well as jazz, theater, dance ... follow one another with the seasons.
Buy
- 1 Brands Avenue La Séguinière Z.I. de la Ménardière, Rue du Bocage, 49280 La Séguinière, 33 2 41 70 17 70 – AT 05 min from Cholet, on the road to the Atlantic beaches, Marques Avenue La Séguinière allows you to enjoy a clever shopping stop and a moment of relaxation.
- 2 Cholet Showcase 34 National Street, 33 2 41 49 87 80 – The Cholet Vitrines association brings together more than 130 businesses in the City. It organizes original and innovative activities throughout the year.
- 3 The Other Faubourg 7 Sorel Tracy Street (Bus: Line 1 "L'Autre Faubourg Ouest" and "L'Autre Faubourg Est" stops.), 33241293510 – Shopping Park made up of 32 brands.
Housing
Average price
- 1 Hotel Restaurant La Godinière 54 Rue Saint-André, 33 2 41 62 31 56
- 2 Commerce hotel 194 National Street, 33 2 41 62 08 97
- 3 Mercure Cholet Center Hotel 81 Place Travot, 33 2 41 29 40 25 – Located at 08 min walk from the Saint-Louis theater, this modern hotel is located 1 km from the station and 3,7 km from the Cholet golf course.
- 4 B&B Hotel Cholet Center Performance space, 4 Place Michel Ange, 33 892 78 80 34
- 5 Park Hotel Cholet 4 Avenue Anatole Manceau, 33 2 41 62 65 45
- 6 Hotel Première Classe Cholet ZAC de L'Ecuyère, Rue de Terre Neuve, 33 2 41 70 77 11
Cheap
- 7 Camping Lac de Ribou (Campsite Capfun) Léon Mandin Alley – On the shores of Lac de Ribou, Camping Lac de Ribou offers rentals of mobile homes, gîtes and camping pitches, by the week or by night.
- 8 Hotel F1 Cholet Boulevard de Belgique, ZI de la Blanchardière, 33 891 70 52 23
- 9 Hotel Restaurant Campanile Cholet Carteron Park, Square de la Nouvelle France, 33 2 41 62 86 79
Communicate / Inform
Internet
The city of Cholet has many terminals in the city center of terminals that allow Wi-Fi access.
TV channels
The town of Cholet has a local television channel: TLC Cholet. It broadcasts on TNT channel 33 and online.
France 3 Pays de la Loire is the regional version of the third channel of public television "France 3", offering daily at noon and in the evening a television newscast dealing with regional news.
Newspapers
Cholet is covered by two regional dailies which are West France and the Western Mail.
Heal
- 4 Cholet Hospital Center 1 Marengo Street (Bus: Line 1 "Chanterivière" or "Hôpital" stop), 33 2 41 49 60 00
- 5 Polyclinic of the Park La Chauvelière, Avenue des Sables (Bus: Line 6 "Polyclinique" stop.), 33 2 41 63 42 00
Around
Ribou lake
- 1 Maulévrier oriental park – This 29-hectare park is today the largest Japanese garden in Europe. It is organized around an artificial lake fed by the Monk who crosses it from east to west, it contains the species of about 300 plants.
- 2 Lake Verdon (6 km south-east of Cholet) – Artificial lake 238 Ha
- 3 Ribou lake (4 km south-east of Cholet) – Water reserve intended for the production of drinking water and used for water sports.
- 4 Puy du Fou – Unique site in the world, allows a journey through time, magical, bucolic, out of time ... At Epesses (85) near Cholet.
- 5 Nantes
- 6 Angers
- Clisson
