Cuon, Maine-et-Loire

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Coordinates: 47°28′44″N 0°06′01″W / 47.4788888889, -0.100277777778

Commune of Cuon

Location
Cuon, Maine-et-Loire (France)
Cuon, Maine-et-Loire
Administration
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.
France

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)

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