Challans Explained

Challans should not be confused with challan.

Challans
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Challans (Vendée).svg
Arrondissement:	Les Sables-d'Olonne
Canton:	Challans
Insee:	85047
Postal Code:	85300
Mayor:	Rémi Pascreau^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Challans-Gois Communauté
Coordinates:	46.8467°N -1.8781°W
Elevation M:	11
Elevation Min M:	1
Elevation Max M:	64
Area Km2:	64.84

Challans (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Challans station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.

Notable people

Pauline de Lézardière, born in Challans, 25 March 1754, died Proustière Castle, Poiroux, 8 February 1835. Historian.
Constance Picaud, born in Challans, 5 July 1998. Footballer for France.

Challans is twinned with:

Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.