Cuon, Maine-et-Loire
Cuon | |
|---|---|
Location of Cuon  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Maine-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Saumur |
| Canton | Baugé |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Baugé |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Joël Millet |
Area 1 | 13.13 km2 (5.07 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | 481 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 49116 /49150 |
| Elevation | 36–91 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 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]
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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuon.
References
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 10 July 2015
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