Cuon, Maine-et-Loire
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Commune of Cuon |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Maine-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Saumur |
Canton | Baugé |
Intercommunality | C.C. Canton of Baugé |
Mayor | Joël Millet (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 36 m–91 m (avg. 54 m) |
Land area¹ | 13.13 km² |
Population² (1999) |
481 |
- Density | 36/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
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 of the Maine-et-Loire département, in France.
[edit] History
Cuon was the site of settlements during the Neolithic and Gallo-Roman periods. It was a seigneurie and parish in the 11th century.
[edit] Sights
- Menhir de Pierrefitte
- Château de La Graffinière (15th century), restored during the 19th and 20th centuries
- Old manors (farms) of Cussé, Vaux, La Genneveselière (16th century)