Gesté (French pronunciation: [ʒɛste] ) is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Gesté
Extérieur de l'église Saint-Pierre
Extérieur de l'église Saint-Pierre
Location of Gesté
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Gesté is located in France
Gesté
Gesté
Gesté is located in Pays de la Loire
Gesté
Gesté
Coordinates: 47°10′53″N 1°06′33″W / 47.1814°N 1.1092°W / 47.1814; -1.1092
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementCholet
CantonBeaupréau
CommuneBeaupréau-en-Mauges
Area
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35.55 km2 (13.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
2,759
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Gestois, Gestoise
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
49600
Elevation48–104 m (157–341 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

On 15 December 2015, Andrezé, Beaupréau, La Chapelle-du-Genêt, Gesté, Jallais, La Jubaudière, Le Pin-en-Mauges, La Poitevinière, Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges and Villedieu-la-Blouère merged, becoming one commune called Beaupréau-en-Mauges.

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