Mauléon, Deux-Sèvres
Mauléon | |
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 The old fortified gate, in Mauléon | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Mauléon  | |
  Mauléon  Mauléon | |
| Coordinates: 46°55′25″N 0°44′54″W / 46.9236°N 0.7483°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Bressuire |
| Canton | Mauléon |
| Intercommunality | Delta-Sèvre-Argent |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Pierre-Yves Marolleau |
| Area 1 | 120.64 km2 (46.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 8,597 |
| • Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 79079 /79700 |
| Elevation | 104–226 m (341–741 ft) (avg. 187 m or 614 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Mauléon is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. It is around 20 km south-east of Cholet, and around 70 km south-east of Nantes.
History
Mauléon was formed in 1965 by the merger of the two former communes of Châtillon and Saint-Jouin-sous-Châtillon. The territory of the commune also includes the villages of La Chapelle-Largeau, Loublande, Moulins, Rorthais, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné and Le Temple
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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