La Chapelle-du-Genêt

Part of Beaupréau-en-Mauges in Pays de la Loire, France

47°11′02″N 1°01′06″W / 47.1839°N 1.0183°W / 47.1839; -1.0183CountryFranceRegionPays de la LoireDepartmentMaine-et-LoireArrondissementCholetCantonBeaupréauCommuneBeaupréau-en-Mauges Area9.25 km² (3.57 sq mi)Population1,184 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Demonym(s)Capello-Genestois, Capello-GenestoiseTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation42–114 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.

La Chapelle-du-Genêt (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl dy ʒənɛ] ^ⓘ) 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.

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department

References