Hôtel de Ville, Cholet

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, western France, standing on Rue Saint-Bonaventure.

The central bay featured a square headed doorway with a porch formed by a pair of Doric order columns supporting an entablature with triglyphs and a balcony with a stone balustrade: on the first floor, there was a French door with a cornice, flanked by Ionic order pilasters supporting a modillioned pediment.

[1] Following the liberation of the town by the French Forces of the Interior and the British Special Air Service on 31 August 1944, during the Second World War, the mayor, Alphonse Darmaillacq, gave an impassioned speech from the balcony.

It was designed by Francis Pierrès in the modern style, built in reinforced concrete and glass at a cost of FFr 23 million and was officially opened by the mayor, Maurice Ligot, on 17 December 1976.

[10] A major programme of works to refurbish the reception area of the town hall, allowing more centralisation of the delivery of services, was completed at a cost of €625,000 in April 2024.

The old town hall