Cuon, Maine-et-Loire
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Coordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W / 47.4788888889°N 0.100277777778°W
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Commune of Cuon |
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| Location | |
  Cuon, Maine-et-Loire
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Saumur |
| Canton | Baugé |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Baugé |
| Mayor | Joël Millet (2001–2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 36–91 m (120–300 ft) (avg. 54 m/180 ft) |
| Land area1 | 13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 481 (1999) |
| - Density | 37 /km2 (96 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 49116/ 49150 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Cuon is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
[edit] History
Cuon was the site of settlements during the Neolithic and Gallo-Roman periods. It was a seigneurie and parish in the eleventh century.
[edit] 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)
[edit] See also
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