Challans (French: [ʃalɑ̃]) 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.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,500 —     1800 2,783 +1.54% 1806 2,928 +0.85% 1821 3,307 +0.81% 1831 3,288 −0.06% 1836 3,640 +2.05% 1841 3,832 +1.03% 1846 4,153 +1.62% 1851 4,135 −0.09% 1856 4,167 +0.15% 1861 4,178 +0.05% 1866 4,486 +1.43% 1872 4,631 +0.53% 1876 4,782 +0.81% 1881 4,917 +0.56% 1886 5,172 +1.02% 1891 5,274 +0.39% 1896 5,453 +0.67%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 5,508 +0.20% 1906 5,463 −0.16% 1911 5,877 +1.47% 1921 5,407 −0.83% 1926 5,609 +0.74% 1931 5,469 −0.50% 1936 5,704 +0.84% 1946 5,643 −0.11% 1954 5,828 +0.40% 1962 6,962 +2.25% 1968 8,558 +3.50% 1975 11,794 +4.69% 1982 12,845 +1.23% 1990 14,203 +1.26% 1999 16,132 +1.43% 2007 18,035 +1.40% 2012 19,107 +1.16% 2017 20,622 +1.54%
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

• 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:

• Saronno, Italy (2004)

• Communes of the Vendée department