Cuon, Maine-et-Loire
Cuon | |
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Part of Baugé-en-Anjou | |
Location of Cuon  | |
  Cuon  Cuon | |
| Coordinates: 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 |
| Commune | Baugé-en-Anjou |
| Area 1 | 13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 557 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 49150 |
| Elevation | 36–91 m (118–299 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cuon (French pronunciation: [kɥɔ̃] ⓘ) 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.[2] Its population was 557 in 2019.[1]
History[edit]
Cuon was the site of settlements during the Neolithic and Gallo-Roman periods. It was a seigneurie and parish in the eleventh century.
Sights[edit]
- 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[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 10 July 2015
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