Cuon, Maine-et-Loire
| Cuon | |
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  Cuon | |
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Location within Pays de la Loire region  Cuon | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W / 47.4789°N 0.1003°WCoordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W / 47.4789°N 0.1003°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Saumur |
| Canton | Baugé |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Baugé |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Joël Millet |
| Area1 | 13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 481 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 49116 / 49150 |
| Elevation |
36–91 m (118–299 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 ft) |
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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. | |
Cuon is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Baugé-en-Anjou.[1]
History
Cuon was the site of settlements during the Neolithic and Gallo-Roman periods. It was a seigneurie and parish in the eleventh century.
Sights
- Menhir de Pierrefitte
- Château de La Graffinière (fifteenth century), restored during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Old manors (farms) of Cussé, Vaux, La Genneveselière (sixteenth century)
See also
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References
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 10 July 2015
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