Cugand

Cugand
Commune
A replica of the Lourdes Grotto
Coat of arms
Cugand Location within Pays de la Loire region Cugand
Coordinates: 47°03′47″N 1°15′12″W / 47.0631°N 1.2533°W / 47.0631; -1.2533Coordinates: 47°03′47″N 1°15′12″W / 47.0631°N 1.2533°W / 47.0631; -1.2533
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Joël Caillaud
Area1	13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	3,346
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	85076 /85610
Elevation	13–71 m (43–233 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.

Cugand is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

See also

• Communes of the Vendée department

Geography

Cugand is located along the Sèvre Nantaise.

The Cugand's neighboring communes are :

• In Vendée
  • La Bernardière
  • La Bruffière
  • In Loire-Atlantique :
    • Clisson
    • Gétigné
    • Saint-Hilaire-de-Clisson
    • Boussay According to the 1999 Insee ranking, Cugand is an urban commune, one of the four of the Clisson urban area.

Local life

Events

• "Festival de Cugand", world dance and music, folk bands of the all world, during 4 days in August ( 20 000 spectators in 2005 for the 7th festival edition)

References

• INSEE

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cugand.