Cholet is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants, it is the second most populous commune of …Cholet is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants, it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers. Cholet stands on an eminence on the right bank of the river Moine, which is crossed by a bridge from the fifteenth century. It is about 50 km southeast of Nantes. Cholet is the centre of the Agglomeration community of Cholet with about 107,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the arrondissement of Cholet and of the cantons Cholet-1 and Cholet-2.