diff --git a/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.html.haml b/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.html.haml
index a19653e0d..4df4aad44 100644
--- a/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.html.haml
+++ b/app/components/editable_champ/textarea_component/textarea_component.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-- character_limit = @champ.textarea_character_limit.to_i if !@champ.textarea_character_limit&.empty?
-- character_count = @champ.character_count(@champ.value)
-- analyze_character_count = @champ.analyze_character_count(character_count, character_limit)
-
 ~ @form.text_area :value,
   id: @champ.input_id,
   aria: { describedby: @champ.describedby_id },
@@ -9,12 +5,10 @@
   required: @champ.required?,
   value: html_to_string(@champ.value)
 
-- if @champ.textarea_character_limit?
+- if @champ.character_limit_info?
+  %span.fr-icon-information-fill.fr-text-default--info.characters-count
+    = t('.remaining_characters', remaining_words: @champ.remaining_characters)
 
-  - if analyze_character_count == :info
-    %span.fr-icon-information-fill.fr-text-default--info.characters-count
-      = t('.remaining_characters', remaining_words: @champ.remaining_characters(character_count, character_limit))
-
-  - if analyze_character_count == :warning
-    %span.fr-icon-close-circle-fill.fr-text-default--error.characters-count
-      = t('.excess_characters', excess_words: @champ.excess_characters(character_count, character_limit))
+- if @champ.character_limit_warning?
+  %span.fr-icon-close-circle-fill.fr-text-default--error.characters-count
+    = t('.excess_characters', excess_words: @champ.excess_characters)
diff --git a/app/components/procedure/revision_changes_component/revision_changes_component.fr.yml b/app/components/procedure/revision_changes_component/revision_changes_component.fr.yml
index cb04139a3..9412c067e 100644
--- a/app/components/procedure/revision_changes_component/revision_changes_component.fr.yml
+++ b/app/components/procedure/revision_changes_component/revision_changes_component.fr.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ fr:
     add_condition: Une condition a été ajoutée sur le champ « %{label} ». La nouvelle condition est « %{to} ».
     remove_condition: La condition du champ « %{label} » a été supprimée.
     update_condition: La condition du champ « %{label} » a été modifiée. La nouvelle condition est « %{to} ».
-    update_textarea_character_limit: La limite de caractères du champ texte « %{label} » a été modifiée. La nouvelle limite est « %{to} ».
-    remove_textarea_character_limit: La limite de caractères du champ texte « %{label} » a été supprimée.
+    update_character_limit: La limite de caractères du champ texte « %{label} » a été modifiée. La nouvelle limite est « %{to} ».
+    remove_character_limit: La limite de caractères du champ texte « %{label} » a été supprimée.
   private:
     add: L’annotation privée « %{label} » a été ajoutée.
     remove: L’annotation privée « %{label} » a été supprimée.
diff --git a/app/components/procedure/revision_changes_component/revision_changes_component.html.haml b/app/components/procedure/revision_changes_component/revision_changes_component.html.haml
index bc4b24c82..81e82b167 100644
--- a/app/components/procedure/revision_changes_component/revision_changes_component.html.haml
+++ b/app/components/procedure/revision_changes_component/revision_changes_component.html.haml
@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@
             - if !total_dossiers.zero? && !change.can_rebase?
               .fr-alert.fr-alert--warning.fr-mt-1v
                 %p= t('.breakigng_change', count: total_dossiers)
-      - when :textarea_character_limit
-        - if change.to.nil?
+      - when :character_limit
+        - if change.to.blank?
           - list.with_item do
-            = t(".#{prefix}.remove_textarea_character_limit", label: change.label, to: change.to)
+            = t(".#{prefix}.remove_character_limit", label: change.label, to: change.to)
         - else
           - list.with_item do
-            = t(".#{prefix}.update_textarea_character_limit", label: change.label, to: change.to)
+            = t(".#{prefix}.update_character_limit", label: change.label, to: change.to)
 
   - if @public_move_changes.present?
     - list.with_item do
diff --git a/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component.rb b/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component.rb
index b2e12aca6..1b1296126 100644
--- a/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component.rb
@@ -121,4 +121,14 @@ class TypesDeChampEditor::ChampComponent < ApplicationComponent
   def conditional_enabled?
     !type_de_champ.private?
   end
+
+  def options_for_character_limit
+    [
+      [t('.character_limit.unlimited'), nil],
+      [t('.character_limit.limit', limit: 400), 400],
+      [t('.character_limit.limit', limit: 1000), 1000],
+      [t('.character_limit.limit', limit: 5000), 5000],
+      [t('.character_limit.limit', limit: 10000), 10000]
+    ]
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component/champ_component.fr.yml b/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component/champ_component.fr.yml
index 8ba08f260..a37f69652 100644
--- a/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component/champ_component.fr.yml
+++ b/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component/champ_component.fr.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ fr:
     natura_2000: Natura 2000
     zones_humides: Zones humides d’importance internationale
     znieff: ZNIEFF
+  character_limit:
+    unlimited: Pas de limite de charactères
+    limit: Limité à %{limit} caractères
diff --git a/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component/champ_component.html.haml b/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component/champ_component.html.haml
index 6de2696fb..665c80759 100644
--- a/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component/champ_component.html.haml
+++ b/app/components/types_de_champ_editor/champ_component/champ_component.html.haml
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@
               = form.text_area :collapsible_explanation_text, class: "small-margin small", id: dom_id(type_de_champ, :collapsible_explanation_text)
         - if type_de_champ.textarea?
           .cell
-            = form.label :textarea_character_limit, for: dom_id(type_de_champ, :textarea_character_limit) do
+            = form.label :character_limit, for: dom_id(type_de_champ, :character_limit) do
               Spécifier un nombre maximal de caractères (non restrictif) :
-            = form.number_field :textarea_character_limit, min: 400, value: form.object.textarea_character_limit, id: dom_id(type_de_champ, :textarea_character_limit)
+            = form.select :character_limit, options_for_character_limit, id: dom_id(type_de_champ, :character_limit)
 
   - if type_de_champ.block?
     .flex.justify-start.section.ml-1
diff --git a/app/controllers/administrateurs/types_de_champ_controller.rb b/app/controllers/administrateurs/types_de_champ_controller.rb
index 2b87a60ba..05dea205a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/administrateurs/types_de_champ_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/administrateurs/types_de_champ_controller.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module Administrateurs
         :collapsible_explanation_enabled,
         :collapsible_explanation_text,
         :header_section_level,
-        :textarea_character_limit,
+        :character_limit,
         editable_options: [
           :cadastres,
           :unesco,
diff --git a/app/models/champ.rb b/app/models/champ.rb
index 7ff1074d3..14793de0e 100644
--- a/app/models/champ.rb
+++ b/app/models/champ.rb
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ class Champ < ApplicationRecord
     :mandatory?,
     :prefillable?,
     :refresh_after_update?,
-    :textarea_character_limit?,
-    :textarea_character_limit,
+    :character_limit?,
+    :character_limit,
     to: :type_de_champ
 
   delegate :to_typed_id, :to_typed_id_for_query, to: :type_de_champ, prefix: true
diff --git a/app/models/champs/textarea_champ.rb b/app/models/champs/textarea_champ.rb
index e729bc1ad..ab2b229e0 100644
--- a/app/models/champs/textarea_champ.rb
+++ b/app/models/champs/textarea_champ.rb
@@ -25,28 +25,43 @@ class Champs::TextareaChamp < Champs::TextChamp
     value.present? ? ActionView::Base.full_sanitizer.sanitize(value) : nil
   end
 
-  def character_count(text)
-    return text&.bytesize
+  def remaining_characters
+    character_limit_base - character_count if character_count >= character_limit_threshold_75
   end
 
-  def analyze_character_count(characters, limit)
-    if characters
-      threshold_75 = limit * 0.75
+  def excess_characters
+    character_count - character_limit_base if character_count > character_limit_base
+  end
 
-      if characters >= limit
+  def character_limit_info?
+    analyze_character_count == :info
+  end
+
+  def character_limit_warning?
+    analyze_character_count == :warning
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def character_count
+    return value&.bytesize
+  end
+
+  def character_limit_base
+    character_limit&.to_i
+  end
+
+  def character_limit_threshold_75
+    character_limit_base * 0.75
+  end
+
+  def analyze_character_count
+    if character_limit? && character_count.present?
+      if character_count >= character_limit_base
         return :warning
-      elsif characters >= threshold_75
+      elsif character_count >= character_limit_threshold_75
         return :info
       end
     end
   end
-
-  def remaining_characters(characters, limit)
-    threshold_75 = limit * 0.75
-    limit - characters if characters >= threshold_75
-  end
-
-  def excess_characters(characters, limit)
-    characters - limit if characters > limit
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/procedure_revision.rb b/app/models/procedure_revision.rb
index 8a6a2168e..02ef041fe 100644
--- a/app/models/procedure_revision.rb
+++ b/app/models/procedure_revision.rb
@@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ class ProcedureRevision < ApplicationRecord
           to_type_de_champ.piece_justificative_template_filename)
       end
     elsif to_type_de_champ.textarea?
-      if from_type_de_champ.textarea_character_limit != to_type_de_champ.textarea_character_limit
+      if from_type_de_champ.character_limit != to_type_de_champ.character_limit
         changes << ProcedureRevisionChange::UpdateChamp.new(from_type_de_champ,
-          :textarea_character_limit,
-          from_type_de_champ.textarea_character_limit,
-          to_type_de_champ.textarea_character_limit)
+          :character_limit,
+          from_type_de_champ.character_limit,
+          to_type_de_champ.character_limit)
       end
     end
     changes
diff --git a/app/models/type_de_champ.rb b/app/models/type_de_champ.rb
index 4c738da20..324b9f0a3 100644
--- a/app/models/type_de_champ.rb
+++ b/app/models/type_de_champ.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class TypeDeChamp < ApplicationRecord
                  :drop_down_secondary_libelle,
                  :drop_down_secondary_description,
                  :drop_down_other,
-                 :textarea_character_limit,
+                 :character_limit,
                  :collapsible_explanation_enabled,
                  :collapsible_explanation_text,
                  :header_section_level
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ class TypeDeChamp < ApplicationRecord
 
   validates :libelle, presence: true, allow_blank: false, allow_nil: false
   validates :type_champ, presence: true, allow_blank: false, allow_nil: false
-  validates :textarea_character_limit, numericality: {
+  validates :character_limit, numericality: {
     greater_than_or_equal_to: MINIMUM_TEXTAREA_CHARACTER_LIMIT_LENGTH,
     only_integer: true,
-    allow_nil: true
+    allow_blank: true
   }
 
   before_validation :check_mandatory
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ class TypeDeChamp < ApplicationRecord
     drop_down_other == "1" || drop_down_other == true
   end
 
-  def textarea_character_limit?
-    textarea_character_limit.present?
+  def character_limit?
+    character_limit.present?
   end
 
   def collapsible_explanation_enabled?