Cuon | |
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Part of Baugé-en-Anjou | |
Location of Cuon | |
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Coordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W / 47.4789°N 0.1003°W / 47.4789; -0.1003 | |
Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Maine-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Saumur |
Canton | Baugé |
Commune | Baugé-en-Anjou |
Area | 13.13 km (5.07 sq mi) |
Population | 557 |
• Density | 42/km (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) |
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (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. Its population was 557 in 2019.
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
References
- ^ 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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