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Cuon, Maine-et-Loire

Coordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W / 47.4789°N 0.1003°W / 47.4789; -0.1003
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Cuon
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Cuon is located in France
Cuon
Cuon
Cuon is located in Pays de la Loire
Cuon
Cuon
Coordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W / 47.4789°N 0.1003°W / 47.4789; -0.1003
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentMaine-et-Loire
ArrondissementSaumur
CantonBaugé
CommuneBaugé-en-Anjou
Area
1
13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
557
 • Density42/km2 (110/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.
Cuon-St-Serge-nord-est

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

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Cuon was the site of settlements during the Neolithic and Gallo-Roman periods. It was a seigneurie and parish in the eleventh century.

Sights

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  • 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)

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