Challans

Challans 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.

Population

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.
Twin towns — sister cities

Challans is twinned with:

Saronno, Italy