Mauléon, Deux-Sèvres

Mauléon

The old fortified gate, in Mauléon

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Mauléon

Coordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.9236°N 0.7483°W / 46.9236; -0.7483Coordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.9236°N 0.7483°W / 46.9236; -0.7483
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Bressuire
Canton Mauléon
Intercommunality Delta-Sèvre-Argent
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Daniel Amiot
Area1 120.64 km2 (46.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 8,110
  Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 79079 / 79700
Elevation 104–226 m (341–741 ft)
(avg. 187 m or 614 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mauléon is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It is around 20 km south-east of Cholet, and around 70 km south-east of Nantes.

History

Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon and Saint-Jouin. The territory of the commune also includes the villages of La Chapelle-Largeau, Loublande, Moulins, Rorthais, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné and Le Temple

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