What is Challans?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Challans |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Challans (Vendée).svg |arrondissement = Les Sables-d'Olonne |canton = Challans |INSEE = 85047 |postal code = 85300 |mayor = Serge Rondeau |term = 2008-2014 |intercommunality = Marais et bocage |coordinates = {{coord|46.8467|-1.8781|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 11 |elevation min m = 1 |elevation max m = 64 |area km2 = 64.84 |population = 18349 |population date = 2006 }} '''Challans''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is found in the region [[Pays de la Loire]] in the [[Vendée]] department in the west of [[France]]. {{Vendée communes}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Communes in Vendée]]