Cuon, Maine-et-Loire

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]

Cuon
Location of Cuon
Cuon
Cuon
Coordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementSaumur
CantonBaugé
CommuneBaugé-en-Anjou
Area
1
13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
481
  Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
49150
Elevation36–91 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.

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

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 10 July 2015



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