Found in the Maine-et-Loire department of France, Cholet is a small town with plenty to offer (Image: Getty) Whilst many holidaymakers enjoy a trip to France , few look forward to the large crowds and inflated prices commonly seen in large cities such as Paris. As a result, it can pay to find a smaller, lesser-known destination in another part of the country. Located around an hour away from the city of Nantes, Cholet is a small and incredibly quiet commune within Maine-et-Loire that has a population of just under 54,000.
Whilst the original name appears to have stemmed from the Latin word for cabbage, Charlotte, a travel expert from the tourism blog Solo Sophie , noted that residents have given the commune their own affectionate nickname. She explained: "The town is perhaps best known as France's 'handkerchief capital'. The iconic red and white handkerchiefs that rose to prominence thanks to a song by Théodore Botrel, “Le mouchoir rouge de Cholet” (The red handkerchief of Cholet).
function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.setAttribute('src','https://live.
primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=114945&playerApiId=v114945');document.
getElementById('ovp-primis').appendChild(el)}window.top.
addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.
playerApiId==="v114945"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.
detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}});window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',()=>{setTimeout(()=>{if(typeof flagTc.
