The arrondissement of Cholet is an arrondissement of France in the Maine-et-Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region.

[2] Its population is 226,096 (2021), and its area is 2,102.5 km2 (811.8 sq mi).

[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Maine-et-Loire, it gained nine communes from the arrondissement of Saumur.

[5] As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.

The cantons of the arrondissement of Cholet were, as of January 2015:[6]